Analysis of Never To Yield
The miles I’ve walked,
the verses I’ve rhymed
The demons I’ve fought,
the mountains I’ve climbed
Each word as a sword,
its meaning a shield
To ward off the darkness
—and never to yield
(Dreamsleep: November, 2019)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111 01011 01011 01011 11101 11001 111010 01011 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 215 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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