Analysis of Time Sojourned



Visiting like an old friend
the song returned
Carrying memories
of time sojourned
Freeing the past
with lyrics sublime
Embracing the future
in melodies of rhyme

(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)


Scheme AXXAXBXB X
Poetic Form
Metre 1001111 0101 100100 111 1001 11001 010010 010011 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 185
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 76
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 10, 2023

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