Analysis of Lines Impearled
Is a poem ever really done,
can the last word not begin
The Angels voting lines impearled
each phrase into a hymn
Is a poem ever given back,
to whom the words behold
Each letter turned into a string,
—a harp of heaven’s gold
(Dreamsleep: March, 2020)
| Scheme | XX AX XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010101 1011101 0101011 110101 101010101 110101 11010101 011101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 247 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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