Analysis of The Devil's Scar
Not reliant on your approval,
I soared to the heavens
Not seeking your acceptance,
I burned past the brightest star
Not wanting anything from you,
I gave myself back to the beginning
In need of nothing
—the devil’s scar
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2016)
| Scheme | XX XA XB BA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101011010 111010 1101010 1110101 1101011 111110010 01110 0101 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 259 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 41 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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