Analysis of Not Half-Not Whole
Where would the leaf be
without the branch
The cowboy drifting
without the ranch
Where would the wave be
without the sea
Its motion unformed,
adrift unseen
Where would a song be
without a voice
A silent concert,
a barren choice
And where would you be
without your soul
Condemned to matter,
not half—not whole
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2018)
| Scheme | AB XB AA XX AC XC AD XD A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 0101 0110 0101 11011 0101 11001 0101 11011 0101 01010 0101 01111 0111 01110 1111 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 350 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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