Analysis of 'El Maestro'
How did he drive
those cars that fast
Far past the limits
of traction and time
Speed as his master
death as his
mistress
Chasing defiance
the sweetest
of wine
(Juan Manuel Fangio: March, 2023)
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 1111 11010 11001 11110 111 10 10010 010 11 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 197 |
Words | 40 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 3, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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