Analysis of Mine To Know
I want to play not manage,
write not teach
I want to drive—all controls in hand
I want to be like the rain across
the mountains
Not the river that may turn to sand
I want to be that sniper
with a single bullet
And not part of the infantry’s trek
I want to be the first
to cross the tundra
Without needing a map to check
I want the bugle to blow
from my own lips
So others may advance and attack
I want roses free, to line
my front walk
Replanted from the garden out back
I want feet that will always
climb above
The timid and reluctant below
I want memories to follow me
out of this world
To a place that is just mine to know
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
Scheme | XX A XX A XX B XX B CX D XX D XX C XX C X |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (32%) |
Metre | 1111110 111 111110101 111110101 010 101011111 1111110 101010 0111011 111101 11010 01100111 1101011 1111 110101001 1110111 111 010101011 111111 101 010001001 111001101 1111 101111111 01001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 662 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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