Analysis of Last Feather
The arrow of time,
fired over and over
Piercing our consciousness,
impaling our fear
Our bow staying drawn,
till the quiver is empty
Last feather to soar
—on eternity strung
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011 1010010 1010100 010101 101101 1010110 11011 101001 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 207 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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