Analysis of The Nest
The middle of the road
is where people live
The middle of the road
is where our hearts sing
The middle of the road
it raptures and calls
The middle of the road
—a home for our wings
(The New Room: March, 2023)
| Scheme | Ax Ax Ax Ax x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010101 11101 010101 111011 010101 1101 010101 011101 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 218 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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