Analysis of The Only Game
Looking forward,
looking back
Both now futile,
both distract
Past and future,
which to blame
This moments truth
—the only game
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 101 1110 101 1010 111 1101 0101 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 169 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 27 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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