Analysis of Envy Sits Alone
Death in comparison,
a covetous dispatch
Jealousy reflected,
its courtiers attack
An emperor left naked,
his crown a vacant throne
Jesters flee the castle
—as envy sits alone
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)
| Scheme | XX AX AB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100100 0101 100010 110001 1100110 110101 101010 110101 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 218 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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