Analysis of Center Front
Living Well — Dying Well
precepts of destiny
bookends of fate
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
+ —
Patience and time
Courage or fear
Pleasure then pain
Smiles and tears
Future and past
Joy or remorse
Vision when blind
Blessing or curse
Borrow or steal
Praise and then blame
Life unto death
Loss or a gain
Reason and anger
Random or fate
Plussing the minus
— open the gate
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
Body & Soul
Disease …
robs you
of your health
Dementia …
robs you
of yourself
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
| Scheme | xab A xxcx xxxx xxxc xbxb A x xDx xDx A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 101101 11100 111 1100 1 1001 1011 1011 101 1001 1101 1011 1011 111 1011 1101 1101 10010 1011 1010 1001 1100 101 01 11 111 0100 11 101 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 535 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 12 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 30 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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