Analysis of To Confess And Reveal
Words rushed through my head
clearing cobwebs away
All letters on edge
cutting doors as they played
From one room to the other,
they matched up and danced
And from basement to attic,
my mind was enhanced
Without reason, beyond memory,
they sharpened my feel
Until alone they then left me
—to confess and reveal
(Train-Penn Station NYC: March, 2015)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA BC BC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 10101 11011 101111 1111010 11101 0110110 11101 011001100 11011 01011111 101001 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 350 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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