Analysis of Wounded And Free
Honing the blade of life’s
greatest adventure
The edges were sharp
with the meaning inspired
It shaved like a razor
as days became short
The last cut the deepest
—left wounded and free
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2018)
| Scheme | XA XX AX XX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100111 10010 01001 1010010 111010 11011 011010 11001 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 230 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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