Analysis of Married To The Voice
I’m wed to my Poetry,
betrothed to the fire
Each word an incendiary,
burned to inspire
My voice the rekindling,
fueling the scream
The ashes my trousseau
—a smoldering dream
(Bryn Mawr College: January, 2020)
| Scheme | AB AB XC XC A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111100 11010 11101000 1101 110010 1001 01011 01001 11010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 204 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on January 09, 2020
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on January 09, 2020
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