Analysis of Into The Headlights
To live non-affirming
to live not at all
To hide in the shadows
and creep down the hall
To live uncommitted
new doubts to contend
All time intermittent
repressed till the end
To live without friendship
alone on the rock
A wandering echo
reflections that mock
To live undecided
with doubt your best friend
a future derided
—the present pretend
(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)
| Scheme | XAXA BCXC XDXD BCBC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010 11111 11001 01101 11010 11101 11010 01101 110110 01101 010010 01011 11010 11111 010010 01001 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 377 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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