Analysis of No Ink From Within
You tell me…
“the structure gives strength to my writing”
I tell you…
“it’s nothing but crutches in waiting”
You tell me…
“the order brings a beginning and end”
I tell you…
“the sequence does feign and pretend”
You tell me…
“the form—the most important of things”
I tell you…
“the truth rides on Seraphim’s wings”
You show me…
the prison you’ve build with your pen
I show you…
a cartridge empty—no ink from within
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2016)
| Scheme | Ab Cb Ad Cd Ae Ce ax cx x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 010111110 111 110110010 111 0101001001 111 01011001 111 010101011 111 011111 111 01011111 111 0101011101 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 499 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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