Analysis of Sartorial Oasis
I dress up every Sunday,
but only in my mind
My coat and tie in tattered shreds,
the past and future bind
To celebrate in peasant rags,
as memory dances free
Imagining in formal garb
—what only I can see
(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)
| Scheme | ABXB XCXC A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111001 110011 11010101 010101 1100101 1100101 01000101 110111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 232 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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