Analysis of Present Perfect
You may not cross the darkness,
the morning light unfound
The promise of tomorrow
—today is shining proud
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2020)
| Scheme | XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 1111010 01011 010101 011101 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 143 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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