Analysis of The Thread
Is there a thread that binds and ties,
an artist to his art
Is it thin or thickly woven,
does it hold or come apart
Is it there to free or wear one down,
with the memory of its form
Does its very nature reattach,
when in fury it is torn
Does it link in stark remembrance,
all that’s past and gone away
Does it keep the truth within arms reach,
—when again we’ve lost our way
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)
Scheme | XA XA XX XX XB XB X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 110111 11111010 1111101 111111111 10100111 111010101 1010111 11101010 1110101 111010111 10111101 010010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 420 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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