Analysis of In This Moment
I used to write early
but now I write late
I used to seek love
but now avoid hate
I used to be captive
of what comes to be
Until time was destroyed
—and its lies were set free
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
| Scheme | AB XB XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110 11111 11111 11011 111110 11111 011101 011011 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 215 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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