Analysis of Time Untethered
My verse begins
where logic ends
Escape its mission
new light to bend
The easy answer
the convenient close
Now left to others
by others chose
Each phrase a path
that leads inside
Beyond where dogma
schemed and lied
A light there shines
unto itself
By grace of nothing
above all else
The music starts
once halfway in
To cleanse your mind
of lies and whim
Words join each note
to dance in song
All time untethered
—from right or wrong
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2019)
| Scheme | XX XA XX XX XB XB XX XX XX XX XC AC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) |
| Metre | 1101 1101 01110 1111 01010 00101 11110 1101 1101 1101 01110 101 0111 1001 11110 0111 0101 1110 1111 1101 1111 1101 111 1111 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 475 |
| Words | 85 |
| 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) | 30 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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