Analysis of Exigent Power
Epiphany’s truth
needs no defenders
Its window stays open
the light shining through
The nature of being
its servant not master
With exigent power
—beyond legend or proof
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)
Scheme | XX XX XA AX X |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 11010 110110 01101 010110 110110 110010 011011 01001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 211 |
Words | 32 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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