Analysis of Fore And After
Married to only what’s on the page,
each word I wedded
The cheers and accolades silenced,
my vow applauded
Spoken or read each line was reborn,
within the covers
That blanket the fore and after of time
—betrothed to forever
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2019)
Scheme | XA XA XX XB B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101100101 11110 0101010 11010 101111111 01010 1100101011 11010 010010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 260 |
Words | 44 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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