Analysis of Last Bet
Waiting to die,
he took one last card
Waiting to die,
the dealer stared hard
Waiting to die,
his wager was late
Waiting to die,
which Joker abates
Waiting to die,
the odds become clear
Waiting to die,
last gamble with fear
Waiting to die,
fate out of the deck
Waiting to die,
—his soul his last bet
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2017)
| Scheme | Ab Ab Ax Ax Ac Ac Ax Ax x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011 11111 1011 01011 1011 11011 1011 11001 1011 01011 1011 11011 1011 11101 1011 11111 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 338 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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