Analysis of Break out
Anda Matthews 1987 (Virginia)
Sitting all alone
In a circle made of stone
Trying to fix
The pieces that fell betwix
Fiction and reality
All the same to me
Wandering all alone
Finally out of that circle of stone
In the trees you will see
A woman wandering free
| Scheme | AABBCCAACC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 10101 0010111 1011 010111 10010 10111 100101 1001111011 001111 0101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 229 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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