Analysis of Last Check To Cash
How do I exit gracefully,
how do I end it all
Can I rewrite the terms again
before the final fall
The kids now counting every day
the moments still all mine
The days and weeks of years gone by
a measure now defined
How do I finally say goodbye
and start anew again
This world peeled back against itself
no more left to befriend
Regret a word best left behind
for others who have sinned
Stepping into eternity’s vault
—last check to cash within
(Train #56 ‘Vermonter’ To White River Junction Vt. 3/22/2018)
Scheme | XA BA CX DE DB XX EX XX C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110100 111111 11010101 010101 011101001 010111 01011111 010101 11110011 010101 11110101 111101 01011101 110111 100111 111101 10101110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 512 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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