Analysis of My Gatekeeper
Every voice needs an ear
for it to be free
Every writer, a reader,
or the words cease to be
In my case I’ve been lucky
though she came to me late
For my dearest sweet Laura
—the key to my gate
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2018)
‘To My Dear Friend Laura’
| Scheme | XA BA AC DC BD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 1001111 11111 10010010 101111 0111110 111111 1110110 01111 010010010 111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 274 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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