Analysis of What's Heaven Sent
Never let the perfect
steal the treasure from what’s good
Never let epiphany’s flame
burn through what’s understood
Never let the paradigm
cast doubt on your intent
Never let that lonely wish
—block all that’s heaven sent
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2018)
Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101001 1010101 10111 11001 101010 111101 1011101 111101 010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 269 |
Words | 41 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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