Analysis of The Race
I’ve finally arrived at the point in the race,
where I reach for the baton
All up till now the moment served
—new life embarked upon
(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)
| Scheme | XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 110001101001 1111001 11110101 110101 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 160 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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