Analysis of Improvisus
A jazz musician
wonders back
to his days at the keyboard…
each note over practiced
until melody pure
and magic releases
A poet in laurels
wonders back
to his primers and notepads…
each word placed in order
until imagery calls
—and syntax digresses
(Villanova University: October, 2021)
| Scheme | xAxxxb xAbcxb c |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010 101 111101 111010 011001 010010 010010 101 111001 111010 011001 01010 0100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 280 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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