Analysis of Compass Tears



Distance
is different
spurning
direction

The miles
a marriage
time
has divorced

Spaces
concurrent
flowing
together

As coming
and going
fade in
— remorse

(Dreamsleep: April, 2024)


Scheme XABX XXXX XABX BBXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 10 1100 10 010 01 010 1 101 10 010 10 010 110 010 10 01 110
Characters 184
Words 31
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 9
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 29
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 08, 2024

Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on April 09, 2024

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