Analysis of Beyond The Sash
A window framed with memory
lets in the brightest light
Its lock and hasp long since removed
a journeyman’s delight
Casting off the millstone
the rock of age has come
As darkness hides beyond the sash
—to greet the rising sun
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2018)
| Scheme | XA XA XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011100 100101 11011101 0101 10101 011111 11010101 110101 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 270 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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