Analysis of Glassed Gaze



A mirror so clear reflects the image thy cast.
Of a moment of time that happened before the last.
In an instant, the present soon becomes the past.
But every second remains in a gaze that’s glassed.


Scheme AAAA
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Rubaiyat 
Metre 010110101011 1010111100101 011001010101 1100100100111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 201
Words 40
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 156
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Written on April 08, 2023

Submitted by Hardenburg on April 09, 2023

Modified on April 26, 2023

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