Analysis of Guardian Age
The older I get
the lesser the pain
the gentler the words
—a healing refrain
The older I get
the sweeter the song
as memory protects
—myself to belong
(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)
| Scheme | Abxb Acxc x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011 01001 01001 01001 01011 01001 110001 1101 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 174 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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