Analysis of Space To Grow
Does your mind have a second floor
that’s very seldom used
A place your thoughts can freely roam
safe from life’s abuse
One story up, your story forms,
its telling far below
The height of peace and solitude
—with space for you to grow
(Santa Fe New Mexico: February, 2019)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110101 110101 01111101 11101 11011101 110101 0111010 111111 101110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 279 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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