Analysis of Escape
This isn’t just a wildfire, springing up
with heat when the right wind catches it.
No, this is an ember, slow and smoldering.
I’m not angry with you, I’m hurt.
I’m not plotting my revenge,
I’m planning my escape.
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010101 111011101 11111010100 11101111 1110101 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 222 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Written on 2018
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022
Modified on March 13, 2023
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