Analysis of Hawks Into Doves
Why do I like things
I can’t agree with
Why do I listen
when I don’t want to hear
Why am I attracted
to things that repel me
Why are my reasons
more muddled than clear
Why do I often
begin at the ending
Why do I hurt
the people I love
Why are my questions
confused by my answers
Why do my hawks
—always turn into doves
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2019)
| Scheme | XX AX XX BX AX XX BX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 11011 11110 111111 111010 111011 11110 11011 11110 011010 1111 01011 11110 011110 1111 11011 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 345 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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