Analysis of The 'Chosen' Ones
Are we the most enlightened species…
based on what we’ve done
A planet raped, all hope betrayed,
our passions zero sum
If we’re so smart then why oh why
is getting on so hard
Mistakes rekindled, memory flamed
—our spirits burned and charred
(Villanova University: August, 2021)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101010 11111 01011101 1010101 10111111 110111 010101001 1010101 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 277 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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