Analysis of The Devil's Smile
A pat on the back,
smoke up the rear
Shake with both hands
—perdition is near
(Dreamsleep: August, 2019)
Scheme | XA XA X |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Cinquain (20%) |
Metre | 01101 1101 1111 111 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 102 |
Words | 19 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 27 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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