Analysis of Still To Dance
Not always understanding…
I write out the words
Lost in comprehension,
till wonder returns
Each line a new postulate,
no phrase left to chance
Last metaphor a song
—my mind still to dance
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2016)
Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010 11101 10010 11001 110110 11111 110001 11111 010010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 230 |
Words | 37 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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