Analysis of Hourglass
On the quietest of nights
I can now hear its roar
This current hides calmly
what fate has in store
Its crashing is consummate,
my drowning awaits
Last bend now approaching
—the hour grows late
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August: 2020)
| Scheme | XA XA XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010011 111111 110110 11101 1101100 11001 111010 01011 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 226 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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