Analysis of The Devil Called Roll
An unknown voice cried out
from the abyss,
As the nameless got in line
with the rest
The promises offered
lies to reclaim,
As the devil called out roll
from his list
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2014)
| Scheme | XXXX XXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101111 1001 1010101 101 010010 1101 1010111 111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 201 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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