Analysis of In Truth I Lack
Concerned with self
birds in a row
Concerned with self
all droppings show
Concerned with self
the blindfold tight
Concerned with self
not day or night
Concerned with self
what’s real distorts
Concerned with self
my voice retorts
Concerned with self
front turns to back
Concerned with self
—in truth I lack
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
| Scheme | Ab Ab Ac Ac Ad Ad Ae Ae x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111 1001 0111 1101 0111 011 0111 1111 0111 0101 0111 1101 0111 1111 0111 0111 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 350 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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