Analysis of Forever In Shade



The light of remembrance,
the will’s DNA

Stolen by dementia,
—forever in shade

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)


Scheme XX XX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 011010 0111 1010100 01001 0100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 115
Words 17
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 30
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 28, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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