Analysis of Absentia
Sometimes…
our greatest pleasure
is the absence of pain
As often…
the best thing that can happen
—is nothing at all
(Dreamsleep Pennsylvania: September, 2019)
Scheme | XAX BBX A |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01 101010 101011 110 0111110 11011 1010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 158 |
Words | 25 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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