Analysis of Pointing The Way
In the search for Crazy Horse,
I found myself
He freed my voice,
as he opened up my heart
Sharpening my words
like the tip of his lance
Leading me through the forest
back into the light
Across the wide prairie
where the winds blow free
The sun not only rising
—but pointing the way
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX AA XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0011101 111 1111 1110111 10011 101111 1011010 10101 010110 10111 0111010 11001 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 320 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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