Analysis of Venturing Beyond
My life’s been a mess,
but more than anything
—I wanted to die well
To make up for those times
I struggled and failed
—and shorted the line
The people who knew me
were driven away
—in vain their love fell
Making love to my mistakes
my hours were sentenced
—through heartache defined
My life at an end
more than anything else
—I hope to die well
Undeserving of this honor
I know that my chances
—are slim, mostly gone
I still have to try
to take any meaning
—from this place where I dwell
A final reminder
of all I am not
—as I venture beyond
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2018)
Scheme | XAB XXX XXB XXX XXB CXX XAB CXX C |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (44%) |
Metre | 11101 11110 110111 111111 11001 01001 010111 01001 01111 1011101 110010 1101 11111 11101 11111 0101110 111110 11101 11111 111010 111111 010010 11111 111001 010010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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