Analysis of End To End
That first book
That last book
That next book
That other book
Beginning and ending in the middle
—they all turn out the same
The first book
The last book
The middle book
The forgotten book
Memory plagues that already said
—only to be said again
The first book
The last book
The borrowed book
The successful book
Images recreated
—as words jump page to page
The first book
The last book
The closing book
The memory book
An orchestra calls a final waltz
—its conductor off the stage
The promised book
The distant book
The transforming book
The forever book
Sameness trapped a clone of time
—as difference strikes again
That finished book
That published book
That famous book
That holy book
All critics choking in the dark
—light burning end to end
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)
Scheme | aaaaxx AAaaxb AAaaxc AAaaxc aaaaxb aaaaxx x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 111 111 1101 0100100010 111101 011 011 0101 00101 100110101 1011101 011 011 011 00101 100100 111111 011 011 0101 01001 110010101 1010101 0101 0101 00101 00101 1010111 1100101 1101 1101 1101 1101 11010001 110111 010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 779 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 1 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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