Analysis of Giving And Taking
The words merely borrowed,
to then juxtapose
Each Poet the debtor,
whose lender forgoes
All lines duly tendered,
with verses inured
The beauty, the order
—new feelings assured
(Dreamsleep: October, 2021)
| Scheme | XA BA XC BC B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01101 1101 110010 11001 111010 11001 010010 11001 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 198 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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