Analysis of The Running Stream
Prose gets more from poetry,
than poetry from prose
Verse a wellspring where phrases drink
—whose waters flow and flow
(Villanova University: March, 2021)
| Scheme | XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 1111100 110011 1011101 110101 01001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 152 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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