Analysis of Laying The Track
Are consciousness and memory linked,
if so to what degree
Do thoughts control what knowledge seeks,
does reflection hold the key
Remembering back through sense of self,
trying to define
If what is past now lays the track
—that underwrites our mind
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)
| Scheme | XA XA XX XX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110001001 111101 11011101 1010101 010011111 10101 11111101 110101 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 281 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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