Analysis of Another Time
Both old and new thou must review,
changing pink to red
Those poorly formed, to stay forlorn,
hiding in their beds
Begin then end, begin again,
on chance the meaning fed
Whose banquet serves another time
—a feast eternal spread
(Dreamsleep: October, 2020)
| Scheme | XA XX XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101111 10111 11011101 10011 01110101 110101 11010101 010101 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 249 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 41 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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