Analysis of Destiny Astride
I rode a painful trail,
because not doing so curtailed
Biting hard on Areion’s bit,
all else in life assailed
With blinders on I forged ahead,
whose route my will complied
Its ledges steep, all fear below
—my destiny astride
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 01110101 101111 110101 11011101 111101 11011101 110001 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 262 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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