Analysis of Matthew 18:3
Tonight, I became my youngest son,
my oldest son now gone
My youth reframed, new joy proclaimed,
a lost returning song
Tonight, I became that little boy,
whose playpen sets me free
All toys reclaimed, no further blame
—to enter joyfully
(The New Room: January, 2022)
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011011101 110111 1111101 010101 011011101 11111 11011101 110100 011100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 273 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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