Analysis of 12-30-17
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
and then,
like a sunrise
after a storm,
I saw in your eyes
the reflection
of my own,
a love
mirrored back,
a validation
long sought,
in that moment,
time stood still,
suspended.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFGDHIJK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01 101 1001 11011 0010 111 01 101 0010 11 0110 111 010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 186 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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