Analysis of Yours Alone
Transcendence—reality,
the power to choose
The physical burning,
the spiritual hue
One leaves you ashen,
the other alive
The choice begets freedom
—yours alone to decide
(Dreamsleep- June, 2019)
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010 01011 010010 010001 11110 01001 010110 10111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 198 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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