Analysis of THE WORD
i die today
i know i shall
what's said can never be unheard
kill my body
though they may
they may not touch my precious word
in the beginning
was the word
now near the end my flaming sword
that wielded high
both strong and free
forever claims my life's reward
| Scheme | AXB CAB XBD XCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 1111 11110101 1110 111 11111101 00010 101 11011101 1101 1101 01011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 265 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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