Analysis of Till Dawn
Is a promise left unspoken,
the breath that holds the key
Unlocking what the twilight brings
—till dawn can set us free
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)
Scheme | XA XA A |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
Metre | 10101010 011101 0101011 111111 010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 157 |
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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