Analysis of Doublecross
The paradox
of self-awareness
near and yet so far
Looking out
to see within
imploding like a star
The door that enters
exits free
its threshold bright then dim
Allowing what
the psyche fears
—to pass both out and in
(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)
| Scheme | XXA XBA XXX XXB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010 11010 10111 101 1101 010101 01110 101 11111 0101 0101 111100 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 247 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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