Analysis of Outside The Womb
My ego lost virginity,
upon the critics throne
Pregnant with doubt ectopic,
its embryo disowned
With labored forced delivery,
and fetus left unsired
A chastised unwed mother
—giving birth to words bemired
(Ronald McDonald House: February, 2020)
| Scheme | AX XX AA XA A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010100 010101 10111 11001 11010100 01011 0010110 101111 100101100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 243 |
| Words | 37 |
| 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) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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