Analysis of Lost Time
Desmond Sheehan 1970
Funny looking at the things we get use to.
Odd how they settle in
Outfit themselves
Take shape to our soundings
Evolve
A camouflage that
Only becomes noticeable
When
Pricked
By the past
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 10101011111 111100 101 1111010 01 0101 10011000 1 1 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 186 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on March 14, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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