Analysis of Yesterday's Oath
Are you willing to shoulder
the burden that was left
by those no longer heard
To write those things
they never wrote
inspired by their every word
To take that next step
they never took
to reach beyond their grasp
Clearing the way for those unborn
to pick up the mantle
— embracing the past
(The New Room: March, 2024)
| Scheme | XXA XXA XXX XXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110110 010111 111101 1111 1101 010111001 11111 1101 110111 10011111 111010 01001 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 328 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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