Analysis of Yes Plus No Refrain
Living between the spaces,
of what never came to pass
The light rays self-divided,
the present from the past
Living within the moment,
no time to lose or gain
The choices made inversely
—in yes plus no refrain
(Rosemont Pennsylvania: January, 2020)
| Scheme | XX XX XA BA B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001010 1110111 0111010 010101 1001010 111111 0101010 011101 1010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 242 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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