Analysis of When—Now
When did the global depression
begin
When did the leaves start to
wither and fall
When did the answers start questioning
themselves
When did the love vanish that springtime
recalls
Now, every method begets nothing
but madness
Now, the rotten pudding harbors proof
deep within
Now, every deal is dealt from
the bottom
Now, disowned and orphaned
—the truth cowers in sin
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2015)
Scheme | XA XX BX XX BX XA CC XA X |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010010 01 110111 1001 110101100 01 11011011 1 1100100110 110 101010101 101 11001111 010 101010 01101 010010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 412 |
Words | 66 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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