Analysis of Thespian Misstep
There are stages you run to
and from stages to hide
The performance of a lifetime
or the shame that will chide
There are actors in character
and actors on loan
One change in direction
—and all meaning has flown
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110111 011011 0010101 101111 11100100 01011 110010 011011 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 251 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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