Analysis of Yesterday's Past
Hiding behind his writing,
he went from day to day
Whispering memories from yesterday’s past,
the truth in disarray
Buried in moments now borrowed,
the clock running shorter than long
All words out on pawn, tomorrow in hock
—his message forgotten and gone
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2019)
| Scheme | XA XA XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001110 111111 1001001101 01001 1001011 01101011 111110101 11001001 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 292 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 48 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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