Analysis of 'Orphaning The Moment'
Raging against tomorrow
blaming yesterday
Running in place—admonishing grace
denial on display
Cursing the past indentured
the future waits in vain
No place to hide—the truth inside
the moment left unnamed
(The New Room: September, 2023)
| Scheme | XAXAXXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100101 1010 100101001 010101 1001010 010101 11110101 010101 011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 244 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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