Analysis of Amendment
Fighting his very nature,
disagreeing with himself again
Feelings demand what thoughts now command
—leaving verse to make amends
(Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania: September, 2019)
| Scheme | AX XX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1011010 001010101 100111101 1011101 110010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 168 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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