Analysis of Stage left
Auditioning for myself
the lights went down
the sound amped up
my head turned round
Auditioning for myself
the handbill flew
into the seats
the chosen few
Auditioning for myself
last line unread
the words reborn
inside my head
Auditioning for myself
I begged my leave
the stage door open
—a last reprieve
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2020)
| Scheme | Axxx Abxb Acxc Adxd x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010011 0111 0111 1111 010011 011 0101 0101 010011 1101 0111 0111 010011 1111 01110 0101 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 332 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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