Analysis of Behind The Veil
Much of the time we’re faking it,
the airs we put on most false
Impressions made and set in jade,
green onions the main course
Our friends change out with stature,
as silver turns to gold
An alchemist’s dream, the grandest scheme
—our hearts once warm left cold
(King Of Prussia Pennsylvania: January, 2020)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010101 0111111 01010101 110011 10111110 110111 1110101 1011111 1110010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 305 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 49 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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