Analysis of Hearts To Impound
What is the difference
between a fact and the truth
One limited in time,
the other free and unproved
Language and formula,
the great deceivers abound
As the light burns inside us
—our hearts to impound
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110100 0101001 110001 0101001 100100 01101 1011011 101101 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 242 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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