Analysis of Emancipated Proclamation
Thou asks how far the wind blows
in fact I cannot tell
Or then how high the heavens
my prayers deep in the well
Thou asks if love comes truly
to one in greatest need
My answer spoken duly
of romance undecreed
Thou asks if truth be spoken
or written timeless down
My speech in patterns broken
unlettered and unfound
Thou asks if time be measured
beyond the last refrain
This moment hides the answer
—of that I can proclaim
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)
Scheme | XAXA BCBC DXDC XXEX E |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011 011101 1111010 111001 1111110 110101 1101010 1011 1111110 110101 1101010 101 1111110 010101 1101010 111101 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 458 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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