Analysis of The Taste Of Memory
The shape of my spirit,
the weight of my soul
To measure the longing
of wishes unsold
Tomorrow the color
of yesterday’s stain
The taste of each memory
—this moment retains
(University Of Pennsylvania: February, 2021)
| Scheme | XX XX XX AX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011110 01111 110010 11001 01010 1101 0111100 11001 01001010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 213 |
| Words | 36 |
| 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) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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