Analysis of Yet To Burn
The words are still perfect
as speech becomes marred
Intention unblemished
delivery though scarred
The memories embedded
all flashbacks infirm
Escape now for others
—their light yet to burn
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
Scheme | XA XA XX XX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101 11011 010010 010011 0100010 1101 011110 11111 01001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 229 |
Words | 33 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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