Analysis of A Conflict Sure
As a walker,
I like pavement
As a traveler,
open space
As a thinker,
I prefer logic
As a mystic,
only grace
A conflict sure,
all age foretells
My soul,
this state decries
The answer dearest
to the one
To the other
—always lies
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)
| Scheme | AX AB AC CB XB XD XX AD X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 1110 10100 101 1010 10110 1010 101 0101 111 11 1101 01010 101 1010 11 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 269 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 23 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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