Analysis of Stepping Out Of The Grave
You have to be immortal
to placate the gods
Time reaffirming
all memory of
Creation, destruction,
eternity looms
For those who believe
—appeasement exhumes
(Calvary Cemetery: October, 2020)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010 11001 1010 11001 010010 01001 11101 01001 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 184 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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