Analysis of 'Breaking Through'



Sometimes …
there’s one poem
that opens your mind
And clears out
the cobwebs
that gather in kind
The words
defy entropy  
speaking as one
And pushing you
forward
— their mission is done

(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)


Scheme XXAXXAXXBXXB X
Poetic Form
Metre 01 1110 11011 011 01 11001 01 01100 1011 0101 10 11011 11
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 219
Words 40
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 12, 1
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 07, 2024

Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on March 07, 2024

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