Analysis of A Paw Sets a Track
Up on a down pillow,
Writing has left me,
Enlightened by the dark,
Open to closeness,
Slowly fasting,
Outside an inn,
Before afterthoughts,
I'm losing to win,
Nothing at all,
Short of longing,
Badly for the goods,
Whysit foolish?
| Scheme | XXXX ABXB XAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 110110 10111 010101 10110 1010 1111 0110 11011 1011 1110 10101 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 218 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Written on 2002
Submitted by tomtowle on July 26, 2021
Modified on April 25, 2023
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