Analysis of Inside-Out
Last night
I was able
to outgrow myself …
again
for the very
first time
Life was unspun
in the moment
relayed
where tomorrow
and yesterday
rhyme
Competing with
the future
the sky
and the moon
my wandering
complete
Turning my
destiny
inside out
my nature
expanding
—replete
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
| Scheme | XXXABC AXXXXC XDEXFG EBXDFG B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (76%) |
| Metre | 11 1110 111 01 1010 11 111 0010 1 101 010 1 0101 010 01 001 1100 01 101 100 011 110 010 01 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 309 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 49 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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