Analysis of Breathing
Breathing into the space
Between being and seeing
Eyes up to the sky
Lungs floored
Empty handed
Years of learning
Another year to grow,
To know
Time on this earth is fleeting,
That one day this heart stops beating
Behind this mask is my warm breath
The core of me,
Believing
| Scheme | XAXXX ABBAA XXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100101 0110010 11101 11 1010 1110 010111 11 1111110 11111110 01111111 0111 010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 262 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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