Analysis of Birthright
To understand the problem,
look from deep within
where logic and the sciences
are both cut wafer thin
Our thinking trapped and handcuffed,
when seen by reason bound
those answers we were given born
—unquestioned and profound
(The New Room: March, 2021)
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010 11101 11000100 111101 1010101 111101 11010101 010001 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 246 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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