Analysis of Indifference
To inflict on tomorrow,
the empty promises of fate
The will to reign indifferent
—the devil’s cruelest form of hate
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)
| Scheme | XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 101101 01010011 0111010 01010111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 153 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 41 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 28, 2017
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on August 21, 2019
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