Analysis of Un-betrothed
Seduced
by what I hadn’t done
Engaged
to what I’d never wed
Married
with vows I wouldn’t take
Divorced
from what I couldn’t leave
(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)
| Scheme | XXXXXXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01 11111 01 111101 10 11111 01 11111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 165 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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