Analysis of About Face
Can our spirits pray
without God at the center
Can worship pay homage
to self
Can divinity reign
in each person ordained
Revering what’s hidden
—indwelt
(Dreamsleep: October, 2020)
| Scheme | XA XX XB XB A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 0111010 110110 11 101001 011001 010010 1 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 178 |
| Words | 29 |
| 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) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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