Analysis of Both The Future And Past
Do you want education,
or just to get high
To reach your potential,
or pie in the sky
If it’s learning you want,
then take off the mask
That laptop you worship
—deceives future and past
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XA XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010 11111 111010 11001 111011 11101 11110 11001 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 222 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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