Analysis of Better Than Best
I didn’t stay young
but I never got old
My cards often weak
when watching you fold
I sailed into weather
the saltiest balked
And bit off big pieces
while walking my talk
I painted with brushes
DaVinci had blessed
And wandered and wondered
much better than best
I took from my heart
and gave to my soul
The circle expanding
— three halves to my whole
(The New Room: April, 2024)
| Scheme | XAXAXXXX XBXBXCXC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 111011 11101 11011 110110 011 011110 11011 110110 0111 010010 11011 11111 01111 010010 11111 01110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 384 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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