Analysis of 30 Pieces
Raging flashes
time on fire
seconds flaming
moments pyre
Burning scepters
light betrays
torches fury
embers pray
Blind inception
blistered tongues
motion melting
boiled young
Bars of silver
chains of gold
locks of platinum
ingots stole
30 pieces
forged in lies
minted falsehoods
struck alive
Nights of crimson
skies of red
life has moltened
—ashes dead
(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)
| Scheme | ABCB AXXD EXCX BFXX XXXX EGFG D |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (68%) |
| Metre | 1010 1110 1010 1010 101 101 1010 101 1010 101 1010 11 1110 111 1110 101 10 101 101 101 1110 111 111 101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 385 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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