Analysis of Forward



Is it
the lure
that the maybes
of tomorrow

or maybe
the sensation
of a whip
craking
hind the ears


Scheme XXAX XXXXA
Poetic Form
Metre 11 01 101 101 110 0010 101 1 101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 119
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 5
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 9
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 39
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted by Traian06 on September 29, 2023

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