Analysis of Step By Step
With each step that I take,
words jostle and form
Inside me they cluster
deep down where it’s warm
At nighttime they visit
in moments of peace
Defining my feelings
—extending my reach
(Las Vegas Nevada: January, 2019)
| Scheme | XA XA XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 11001 011110 11111 11110 01011 010110 01011 110010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 221 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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