Analysis of Libertas
The present is in your future,
the present in your past
The present a sacred mystery,
its moment to unmask
The present is in your memory,
the present in your dreams
The present neither begins nor ends
—eternity set free
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)
| Scheme | XXAXAXXA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010110 010011 010010100 110101 010101100 010011 010100111 010011 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 260 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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