Analysis of Crossroads
Ah, yes.
The time of crossroads.
An important decision must be made
Will one continue the chosen path
Or change direction for better or worse?
North or West?
East or South?
Which will one go?
Up or down?
Right or left?
Which path is a foe?
Lie and deceive?
Or speak the truth with total honesty?
Which one shall be chosen?
Up and down,
right and left,
They all look the same
As one spirals into confusion.
Spiraling and spiraling,
Deeper and deeper
To the point where one doesn’t know anymore.
But it is one who forces that upon oneself.
Deep down, deeper than the spiraling, one knows.
Ah, yes.
It is the time of crossroads.
Scheme | Abxxx xxcdec xxf dexfxxx xx Ab |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
Metre | 11 0111 1010010111 110100101 1101011011 111 111 1111 111 111 11101 1001 1101110100 111110 101 101 11101 111001010 1000100 10010 101111101 11111101011 11101010011 11 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 609 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 3, 7, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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