Analysis of Reigning In
You may conquer
on horseback
but to rule
must dismount
Pandora
lies waiting
new blood
for the fount
Napoleon
Attila
Augustus
afield
The vanquished
in chaos
till order
—congeals
(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)
| Scheme | AXXBCXBB XCDBBXAD A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 11 111 11 010 110 11 101 0100 010 010 01 010 010 110 1 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 208 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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