Analysis of One-Way Mirrors
The rich man seeks the alms
of my envy
And the poor man the alms
of my guilt
Both missing what hides
in reflection
Dreams trapped in the silver
to smelt
(Dreamsleep: October, 2021)
| Scheme | AXAXXXBX B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011101 1110 001101 111 11011 0010 110010 11 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 176 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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