Analysis of The word

Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)



Word
That guides
You must know.

It leads the way
Takings us to places few people tread.

Many shall be thinking your off your head.
Knowledge it shows
Without it
We fail
Him.


Scheme XXX XA AXXXX
Poetic Form Tetractys 
Metre 1 11 111 1101 1011101101 1011101111 1011 011 11 1
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 180
Words 41
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 5
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 46
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Written on June 27, 2023

Submitted by myway6119 on June 26, 2023

Modified by myway6119 on June 26, 2023

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