Analysis of Winged Victory
You’ll never find out who you are
among those things you lack
You’ll never find a greater mask
than a mirror looking back
You’ll never find the answer to,
as questions pass you by
You’ll never catch that rising star
—until you learn to fly
(Dreamsleep: April, 2021)
| Scheme | AB XB XC AC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011111 011111 11010101 1010101 11010101 110111 11011101 011111 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 267 |
| Words | 48 |
| 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) | 42 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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