Analysis of Time Indentured
Walking the line,
each step unmeasured and long
Walking the line,
memories distant and gone
Walking the line,
time seemed forever to last
Walking the line,
the future indentured
—to the past
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2015 )
| Scheme | Ax Ax Ab Axb x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 1001 11101 1001 1001001 1001 1101011 1001 010010 101 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 234 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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