Analysis of Till Lightning Splits
Thy self a grand impostor,
what other people see
A bark that hides what fate ingrains,
a cover that deceives
It’s others held opinion,
that pulp you hide behind
Till lightning splits your trunk in two
—the roots left undefined
(Ronald McDonald House: February, 2020)
| Scheme | XA AA XB XB A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101010 110101 0111111 01011 1101010 111101 11011101 01101 100101100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 262 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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