Analysis of Leaving Again
We’re born,
as we start dying
We change,
while remaining the same
We search,
neglecting to find
We return
—while leaving again
(Ronald McDonald House-Phila: January, 2020)
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01 11110 11 101001 11 01011 101 11001 1001011100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 167 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 27 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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