Analysis of A Key
Is language the key to consciousness,
unlocking what we see and feel
Do words and thoughts when so defined
—make something other real
(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)
Scheme | XA XA X |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
Metre | 110011100 01011101 11011101 110101 1100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 159 |
Words | 26 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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