Analysis of Forever To Be
Like an arrow shot free of its bow,
thoughts become sighted and free
Whose words when laid down on the page
—their meaning forever to be
(University City Philadelphia: May, 2019)
| Scheme | XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011111 1011001 11111101 11001011 01001001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 180 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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