Analysis of A Heart Now Taken
I never wanted to own the words,
but only rent them
I never wanted to stay too long,
just not leave early
I never wanted to hear the answer,
and keep the question
I never wanted to give my name,
—a heart now taken
(Train To Dartmouth: July,7: 2016)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101101 11011 110101111 11110 1101011010 01010 110101111 01110 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 242 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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