Analysis of The Mirror Never Lies
Science would like
to abscond with Philosophy
Claiming propriety
over truth falsely shown
Measures and numbers
its weapons of choice
Never looking beyond
—what its theories bestow
(Wayne Pennsylvania: May, 2019)
| Scheme | XA AX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011 10110100 100100 101101 10010 11011 101001 111001 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 213 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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