Analysis of Damnation's Buffet
Death came to feast
on pride and ill intent
Leaving only bones
—the marrow sucked dry
(Dreamsleep: July, 2021)
| Scheme | XX XA A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 1111 110101 10101 01011 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 108 |
| Words | 19 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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