Analysis of Black Seed
The sins of the father
the sins of the son
Repentance left vacant
each sorrow rerun
An age of despondence
an age of denial
The past beyond hope
—the future beguiled
(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
| Scheme | XAXAXXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011010 01101 010110 11011 1111 111010 01011 01001 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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