Analysis of If The Moment Repeats
If you want to accomplish something,
stop talking
If you want to get somewhere,
start walking
If you want to be someone,
stop wishing
If you find your table bare,
start fishing
If the door remains barred and closed,
knock again
If the meaning lags behind intent,
yourself befriend
If the sentences won’t start or end,
reopen your heart
If the moment repeats again the same,
with love—restart
(Train-Brattleboro Vermont: September, 2015)
Scheme | AA BA XA BA XX XC CD XD X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101010 110 111111 110 111111 110 1111101 110 10101101 101 101010101 0101 101001111 01011 1010010101 1101 1101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 441 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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