Analysis of Quote The Raven
A hole that can’t be filled
an ocean that can’t be crossed
a phrase that can’t be spun
inhaling your exhaust
The measure off the scale
the truant thrice reclassed
the memory twice forgotten
the die that’s never cast
A spider web unwoven
a future distant past
a God beyond religion
a sail without its mast
“To Trip The Light Fantastic”
to burn the bridge uncrossed
to fasten moments end to end
—to find what time has lost
(The New Room: February, 2022)
Scheme | ABCBXACDCDCDXAXB X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111 1101111 011111 010101 010101 01011 01001010 011101 01011 010101 0101010 010111 1101010 11011 11010111 111111 011100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 467 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 16, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 179 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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