Analysis of "All roads lead to Rome"
Roberto Suárez Torres 1983 (New York)
there was once a man with a throne;
lewd smell of the storms that at times roam,
twilight gowns I chary wait replies;
says woke from slumber winked one eye;
sweet with voice: "all roads lead to Rome..."
| Scheme | ABCDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 11101101 111011111 11110101 11110111 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 204 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Written on December 17, 2021
Submitted by robertrad2021 on December 17, 2021
Modified by robertrad2021 on December 19, 2021
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