Analysis of A Foretelling
Is being open to fate,
a choice
Accepting tomorrow,
in lieu of today
A foretelling that still
can be acted upon
A remembrance
—the choosing at bay
(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)
Scheme | XX XA XX XA X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011 01 01001 01101 001011 111001 0010 01011 1100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 168 |
Words | 30 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 28 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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