Analysis of Reclamation



And so it goes
from cradle to grave
From baby’s wail
to funeral laid

We reason, ponder,
dissent, and cry
As time repeats
and years go by

Sages offer
their grand excuse
In what’s left wanting
to feed the muse

But one thing’s certain
to never change
Death recycles
— the same old game

(The New Room: May, 2024)


Scheme XXXX ABXB AXXX XXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 0111 11011 111 11001 11010 0101 1101 0111 1010 1101 00110 1101 11110 1101 1010 0111 0111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 320
Words 64
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 48
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 12, 2024

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