Analysis of L'Allegro Remembered
The reason we give it so much verbiage
the reason we give it time
The reason we search the light fantastic
the reasons left ill defined
The reason the choices finally matter
the reason we pick and choose
The reason we leave a trail behind us
the reasons we’re not bemused
The reason the voices call within us
the reason the nights are long
The reason each season traps our longing
the reasons both right and wrong
The reason when nothing’s left to answer
the reason no sirens call
The reason we leave the past unanswered
—the reasons we can’t recall
(The New Room: March, 2023)
Scheme | XXXX AXBX BCXC ADXD X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011111100 0101111 0101101010 0101101 01001010010 0101101 0101101011 0100101 0100101011 0100111 01011011010 0101101 0101101110 0101101 010110110 010111 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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