Analysis of Walking The Line
Walking the line,
each step was measured
—and long
Walking the line,
the memories strung together
—in song
Walking the line,
the time seemed forever
—to last
Walking the line,
the future so distant
—from the past
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2015)
| Scheme | Axb Acb Acd Axd x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001 11110 01 1001 01001010 01 1001 011010 11 1001 010110 101 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 251 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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