Analysis of Vita Nova
Poets see verse in every moment
beauty with every look
Pain for every step misplaced
scars that words prebook
Poets see light within the darkness
music in the dread
Hope when wishes cross the line
—life to those once dead
(Dreamsleep: April, 2023)
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011010010 1011001 11100101 1111 101101010 10001 1110101 11111 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 251 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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