Analysis of Emptiness Within
Are your words predictable,
are the feelings staid
Is the truth rehashed,
the same pavers laid
Is your verse now tired,
its veneer worn thin
Whose mask barely hiding
—the emptiness within
(Dreamsleep: June, 2019)
| Scheme | XA AA XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110100 10101 1011 0111 111110 10111 111010 010001 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 214 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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