Analysis of Vulcanus
The spirit can never be suppressed
its silent essence roars
No government or despot’s reign
can change its ethos pure
Bottled up the pressure builds,
like Cuba underscored
The rhythm faint but always there
—erupting force majeure
(Deamsleep: December, 2020)
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010110101 110101 1100111 111101 1010101 11001 0101111 10101 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 253 |
Words | 40 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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