Analysis of This Instant
Embracing the present
freeing the past
Abandoning the future
—eternity’s mask
Seizing the moment
lies tumble and fall
Salvation perpetual
—this instant and all
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
| Scheme | AX XX AB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010010 1001 0100010 11 10010 11001 0100100 11001 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 201 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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