Analysis of Horae's Lyre
Making eternity
out of a moment
Escaping
the pretense of time
Beginnings
and endings
Falling away
in one enduring rhyme
Making eternity
bend to my will
An Angel
comes to dance
Wings on fire
Horae's lyre
The instant christened
—another chance
(The New Room: June, 2023)
| Scheme | Axxbccxb Addeffxe x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100100 11010 010 00111 010 010 1001 010101 100100 1111 110 111 1110 11 01010 0101 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 273 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 30, 2023
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on June 30, 2023
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