Analysis of Two Times
Sometimes,
you have to leave to come back
Sometimes,
the line needs to go slack
Sometimes,
the loss is more to be gained
Sometimes,
the past—twice rearranged
(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)
Scheme | Ab Ab Ax Ax x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01 1111111 01 011111 01 0111111 01 01101 1100 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 180 |
Words | 30 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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