Analysis of To Always Return
For me,
one time is not enough
Canyons widen
neath mountain bluffs
For me,
each time lay unforeseen
Magic transient
—a richer dream
(Montrose Colorado: September, 2021)
| Scheme | Axxx Axxx x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 111101 1010 1101 11 11101 1010 0101 1010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 162 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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