Analysis of The Call
Passing mile marker 75
I start to get young again
Reversing the clock the faster I go
Rod Serling fills his pen
At mile marker 80 my hair is back
my vision clear and free
And reaching 100 I’m safe in the womb
— returning unto Thee
(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)
| Scheme | XAXAXBXB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110 1111101 0100101011 110111 11101111 110101 01011001 010101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 264 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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