Analysis of To Change One Word
To change one word and rock the world,
—a new verse dancing free
Its weight unmeasured and breadth untold,
—whose key unlocks the dream
The bottle open, the genie gone,
—the last domino to fall
One word pulled out or inserted back,
—with new meaning to enthrall
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XX XB XB A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110101 011101 1110101 11101 010100101 011011 111110101 111011 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 302 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 48 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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