Analysis of Slip Sliding Away
What can’t be forgiven
must be forgotten
Memory the catalyst
for sorrow and pain
The future endemic
its danger befalls us
Salvation escaping
—reluctant to change
(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)
Scheme | AAXX XXXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010 11010 1000100 11001 010010 110011 010010 01011 1100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 195 |
Words | 31 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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