Analysis of Ancient Voices
All bareness forgiven
the razors gone dry
The excuses all shaven
no more asking why
A soul once abundant
my face starts to fill
No sentence redundant
no lines to go shrill
New destiny chosen
man’s burden unsung
The look becomes learned
masculinity sum
All chains have unshackled
a face that goes deep
A beard now awakens
—ancient voices that sleep
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2015)
| Scheme | AB AB CD CD AX XX XE XE X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010 01011 0010110 11101 011010 11111 110010 11111 110010 11001 01011 01001 111010 01111 011010 101011 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 391 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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