Analysis of When Life Was Perfect
The difference between
what you want
and what you need
—is what you can fit on a motorcycle
(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)
| Scheme | XXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Lanturne (40%) |
| Metre | 010001 111 0111 1111110100 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 124 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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