Analysis of This One Bet
Were I to explain
what then would I say …
That the moon loves its axis
that each dog has its day
That the question unanswered
most answered indeed
That each start an enigma
and truth often bleeds
That the mind unexplored
without mention at all
That from season to season
time stumbles and falls
Against my better nature
I’ll place this one bet
The answer you hoped for
— you’re never to get
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
| Scheme | XAXAXXXXXXXXXBXB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01101 11111 1011110 111111 101010 11001 1111010 01101 10101 011011 1110110 11001 0111010 11111 010111 11011 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 428 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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