Analysis of Something More
Writing my way into eternity,
I chose one word at a time
Doing my best to avoid modernity
with rhythm and often rhyme
Staying true to all my senses
shunning the critic and praiser alike
My pen only full of the truest ink
to guide me through the night
Writing my way into eternity
each phrase a step to climb
Caring not a whit for posterity,
all applause I’ve left behind
The light’s become my master
all time its servant—slave
As I write and speak to something more
—than gets buried in the grave
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)
| Scheme | Ab ab xx xx Ab ax xc xc x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011010100 1111101 10111010100 1100101 10111110 100100101 1110110101 111101 1011010100 110111 1010110100 1011101 0101110 111101 111011101 1110001 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 541 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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