Analysis of By Design
They separate us by gender,
and segregate by race
They separate us by intellect,
and isolate by taste
They separate us by fortune,
and detach us by fame
They separate us by family,
nepotism to blame
They keep us divided
through life ever long
The poles ever widening
—too lost to belong
(Dreamsleep: January, 2021)
Scheme | XX XX XA BA XC XC B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110 01011 1101110 01011 1101110 001111 11011100 10011 111010 11101 0110100 11101 1100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 304 |
Words | 55 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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