Analysis of Oft Times
Oft times,
The smallest of things
Are the biggest of all
Oft times,
The softer you land
The harder you fall
Oft times,
Life is a present
Tied with ribbon and lace
Oft times,
The one’s you ignored
In your dreams have a face
Oft times,
The beginning and end
Join together attached
Oft times,
Those doors that you locked
With new love come unlatched
Oft times,
The family lost
In new loyalty found
Oft times,
The things that you're not
—free your world to go round
(Airplane To Las Vegas: August 1, 2015)
| Scheme | Axb Acb Axd Axd Axx Axc Axe Axe x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (52%) |
| Metre | 11 01011 101011 11 01011 01011 11 11010 111001 11 01101 011101 11 001001 101001 11 11111 11111 11 01001 011001 11 01111 111111 1111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 484 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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