Analysis of Beyond Her Shield
Using me as a weapon
and not a shield
The Muse would
parry and thrust
Attacking with a message
that wouldn’t yield
She prowled my light hours
in disgust
The sword of my fathers
hers by right
To ensure
tonight’s salvation
Collapsing the moment
reversing my sight
Each cut
a revelation
All time was dead
its hours uncast
As she thundered out a
mystery
Her lightning destroying
all futures past
My soul
—in forced recovery
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
| Scheme | AB XC XB DC DE XA XE XA XB XF XX XF X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (56%) |
| Metre | 1011010 0101 011 1001 0101010 111 111110 001 011110 011 101 1010 010010 01011 11 0010 1111 1101 111010 100 010010 1101 11 01010 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 464 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 13 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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