Analysis of Moving The Goalpost
To what extent
is reality persuadable
Are the fence posts in concrete,
the commas unknown
Are the laws of existence
as such, redefinable
The axioms fluid
—truth more than is shown
(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)
| Scheme | XA XB XA XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 1100100 1011001 01001 1011010 111 010010 11111 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 203 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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