Analysis of Time Dethroned
Does memory store from front to back,
or more like side to side
Do childhood dreams seem closer now,
than yesterdays goodbye
Does memory scorn all month and year,
a dimension of its own
Remembering best what matters most
—defying time enthroned
(Dreamsleep: March, 2020)
| Scheme | XA XX XX XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110011111 111111 1111101 1101 110011101 0010111 010011101 01011 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 264 |
| 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) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 07, 2020
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on March 08, 2020
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