Analysis of To Remember



My currency, my letters,
  my legacy, their toll

Inscribed within the moment
 —perpetually retold

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)


Scheme XX AA X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1100110 110011 0101010 010001 010010100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 136
Words 18
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 37
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 12, 2018

Modified on March 05, 2023

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