Analysis of Timeless Things
Locking up a feeling,
its key now mine to own
Flashing back a memory,
its reborn image shown
Wooing that one lover,
whose vow unbroken lasts
Time the evil mistress
—these timeless things contrast
(Newtown Square Pennsylvania: January, 2020)
| Scheme | XA BA XX XX B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010 111111 1010100 111101 101110 110101 101010 110110 11010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 234 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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