Analysis of My Heart Still Chimes
Poor in stock but rich in spirit,
my clock does bow and sway
In rags and tatters all unstitched,
with joy do I still pray
My flesh is weak, my home now burnt
just embers to remind
That within this trouble and burning ash,
on the hour
—my heart still chimes
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
| Scheme | AB AB XX XXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 10111010 111101 0101011 111111 11111111 110101 1011100101 1010 1111 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 301 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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