Analysis of Venire Ad Vitam



When you speak
to me
a certain way
I can see the words

Shaped and formed
with wings
of gold
 freeing what I’ve heard

When you speak
to me
a certain way
I can taste the wind

Calling forth
my hopes and dreams
— tendered from within

(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)


Scheme ABCx xxxx ABCx xxx x
Poetic Form
Metre 111 11 0101 11101 101 11 11 10111 111 11 0101 11101 101 1101 10101 11
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 263
Words 54
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 3, 1
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 40
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 26, 2024

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