Analysis of Trailing Behind
Those footsteps ahead
are now footsteps behind
The past but a memory
the future declines
My cadence is slowing
my direction unclear
When frozen in place
on the wind I can hear
Quiet footsteps ahead
louder footsteps behind
Their sound fast approaching
to reclaim and remind
The years stay unpromised
except for the end
Each step left unwalked
trailing closer—portends
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2019)
Scheme | AB CX DX XX AB DB AX AX C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 11101 0110100 01001 110110 101001 11001 101111 10101 10101 111010 101001 0111 01101 1111 101001 010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 409 |
Words | 64 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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