Analysis of Wanting Only To Rhyme
Before I could return to writing prose,
the Muse kidnapped my pen by decree
Most days fully structured and measured on end,
but tonight
—words yearned to be free
Each story cerebral, its words to describe,
new plots marching forward in time
With fables inscribed for others, not I,
my true voice
—wanting only to rhyme
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XXA XB XXB A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111011101 01111101 11101001011 101 11111 11010011101 11101001 1100111011 111 101011 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 373 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 2, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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