Analysis of A Reckoning
In all things
there is a bitterness,
that time tries to hide
In all things
there is a loneliness,
coming from inside
In all things
there is a telling,
where tomorrow may be shown
In all things
there is a reckoning
—where truth and lies atone
(Dreamsleep: May, 2019)
| Scheme | Abc Abc Ade Ade x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011 110100 11111 011 110100 10101 011 11010 101111 011 110100 110101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 272 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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