Analysis of Curses Abort
The harder I fight,
the stronger they wield
The sharper their knives,
the thicker my shield
The louder their shouts,
the deeper my scream
Reality theirs,
—all time but a dream
The moment they chose,
my spirit was gone
Their words uninvited,
dead verse to a song
That plays a reunion,
a reckoning of sorts
Whose lyrics birth silent
—as curses abort
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2017)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB XX XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011 01011 01011 01011 01011 01011 101 11101 01011 11011 11010 11101 110010 010011 110110 11001 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 388 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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