Analysis of Double Edge
Words are the enemy
till sparingly used
And weighted with meaning
beyond p’s and q’s
They serve to release us
with imagery plain
Expanding the message
—in pointed refrain
(Bryn Mawr College: November, 2023)
Scheme | XX XA AB XB X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110100 11001 010110 01101 111011 11001 010010 01001 11010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 216 |
Words | 38 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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