Analysis of To Joseph
Who do you call
when there’s nothing to share
How do you act
with tomorrow unfair
What do you dream
when your sleep is deprived
Why are the questions
though answered, contrived
When did your wonder
wander away
When did the path
eternally stray
How did the moment
slip over the line
How will you tell me
— your memory gone blind
(North Wales Pennsylvania: January, 2024)
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XXDX D |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 111011 1111 10101 1111 111101 11010 11001 11110 1001 1101 01001 11010 11001 11111 110011 11010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 378 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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