Analysis of Second Chances
I most value today
what I used to walk by
And stop to revisit
what trailed from behind
Those moments once squandered
when offered again
In joyous acceptance
—I embrace from within
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2019)
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111001 111111 011010 11101 110110 11001 010010 101101 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 221 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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