Analysis of Memory Beckons
Days go forward,
nights in reverse
Calling us back
—to finish our search
(Dreamsleep: May, 2021)
| Scheme | XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 1110 1001 1011 110101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 95 |
| Words | 16 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 25 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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