Analysis of To Look Back
Before success,
the work had more meaning
Before success,
with nothing to fear
Before success,
all floor and no ceiling
Before success
—the mirror was clear
(Dreamsleep: May, 2020)
| Scheme | Ab Ac Ab Ac x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101 011110 0101 11011 0101 110110 0101 01011 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 174 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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