Analysis of On The Line
Beyond academia
its cause and effect
Lies a power inherent
above judgment and theft
Atop its ivory tower
and smothering vine
Consensus is trembling
—with truth on the line
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010100 11001 1010010 011001 01110010 01001 0101100 11101 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 210 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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