Analysis of The Veil
The world God’s illusion
deceiving Himself
Birthing a metaphor
sleight of His hand
Time as the smokescreen
veiling the folly
Escape our salvation
—transcendent Divine
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
| Scheme | AXXXXBAX B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011010 01001 100100 1111 1101 10010 0110010 01001 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 202 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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