Analysis of Footnote Of Dreams
If not in memory’s service,
do we still write the words
To leave the past unledgered
—and by token paid
(Dreamsleep: March, 2020)
| Scheme | XX AA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 110110 111101 11011 01101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 129 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 01, 2020
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on March 03, 2020
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