Analysis of Truth Is Near
Good feelings or bad…
results the same
When a nerve is struck
to start the game
The words can soften
or strike with fear
Once through the surface
—the truth is near
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2016)
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 0101 10111 1101 01110 1111 11010 0111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 203 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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