Analysis of The End In Sight
Do you avoid the give and take,
are you afraid to cut the cake
With hope now gone, one wish is left,
the present strong—all else bereft
Are you afraid of yes and no,
to middle ground do you still go
The mountaintop calls out your name,
excuses haunt your stock and trade
With time undone and glass half poured,
your cup still empties, false reward
The end in sight, horizon plain,
one last choice calls—your soul to gain
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 11011101 11111111 01011101 11011101 11011111 0101111 01011101 11010111 11110101 01010101 11111111 010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 465 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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