Analysis of Farther Than Near
Crossing over
to what most would call good
My feelings inline
my words understood
No chair or wip
do the verses require
All teeth now removed
in fear of your ire
Crossing over
to what some would proclaim
The lines neatly ordered
with nothing profane
Those tight little smiles
they clap and they cheer
Words lost of all meaning
—truth farther than near
(Dallas Texas: June, 2018)
| Scheme | Ab cb xa xx Ax xc xd xd c |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 111111 1101 1101 1111 101010 11101 01111 1010 111101 011010 11001 11101 11011 111110 11011 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 380 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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