Analysis of Half-Life
For every second
the chronometer gains,
the future loses two
The light retreating
time in halves
—the moment old once new
(Dreamsleep: April, 2022)
| Scheme | XXA XXA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110010 011 010101 01010 101 010111 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 151 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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