Analysis of Last Moth
There’s a zone beyond safety
where the timid can’t go
Beyond reasoned decision
intuition to flow
Past valor and triumph
past glory and fame
There’s a zone beyond safety
—last moth to the flame
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2018)
| Scheme | Ab xb xc Ac x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010110 101011 0110010 01011 110010 11001 1010110 11101 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 240 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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