Analysis of Forever & Now
Tell me your secrets
I’ll tell you a lie
Bid me good tidings
I’ll bid you goodbye
Proffer me kindness
my heart a deaf ear
Timeless your offer
—whose moment I fear
(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)
| Scheme | XA XA XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 11101 11110 1111 10110 11011 10110 11011 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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