Analysis of That Final Thing
Beyond genius
the spirit flies
Beyond genius
the mood decries
Beyond genius
no courses rowed
Beyond genius
all time disowned
Beyond genius
the map refolds
Beyond genius
a world untold
Beyond genius
the critics gasp
Beyond genius
no serpent asp
Beyond genius
the telling stops
Beyond genius
no on—then off
Beyond genius
all sight and sound
Beyond genius
the square is round
Beyond genius
no lies are told
Beyond genius
what’s new is old
Beyond genius
the heavens sing
Beyond genius
—that final thing
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2015)
| Scheme | AbAbAxAxAaAcAdAdAxAxAeAeAcAcAfAf x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0110 0101 0110 0101 0110 1101 0110 1101 0110 011 0110 0101 0110 0101 0110 1101 0110 0101 0110 1111 0110 1101 0110 0111 0110 1111 0110 0111 0110 0101 0110 1101 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 547 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 32, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 33 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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