Analysis of Cracking To Be



Cracking To Be
Cracking nuts with a knife, -
Think of scissors for meat:
Pride of habits deprive,
Take a rest and repeat

And just try afterwards
Their pure aftermath, -
Then for alter rewards
Maybe finding on path.

And if not – so well,
Just continue, - and break
Every gate to new dale,
Or new peak, or new lake,

And impressions collect
From “before” and from “then”:
And the rest make them left,
Those who “waste” or just “spend”.

Through endeavors reveal
Cores of worthier tastes:
You deserve royal meal,
After that – royal rest.

And let cutters preserved
Be for next tricks of fun:
That’s for chosen sport
To be playfully done!..


Scheme XXAXA XBXB XCXC XXXX DXDX XEXE
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1011 101101 111011 111001 101001 011100 1110 111001 101011 01111 101001 1001111 111111 001001 101011 001111 111111 101001 111001 101101 101101 011001 111111 11101 111001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 631
Words 115
Sentences 4
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on December 18, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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