Analysis of Legacy Of Fear
On a battlefield lined
with the blood of dead letters
I slay the monsters of uncertainty
—and their legacy of fear
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2013)
| Scheme | XXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 10101 1011110 1101010100 0110011 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 159 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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