Analysis of Last Reflection
Marking time in present tense
old memories left to rust
The past a distant reverie
its truth beyond my trust
Looking straight into the sun
my eyes reopen wide
A last reflection staring back
—remembrance so divine
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2018)
| Scheme | XA XA XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010101 1100111 01010100 110111 1010101 110101 01010101 010101 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 256 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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