Analysis of Equus Pallidus
The horse was pale,
paler than the light off the mountain
that reflected back in memories long abandoned
Its mane was long,
longer than the struggle to save what
fortune had vehemently denied me twice
The time was short,
shorter than the flashes of history
that hoofprints trampled in the disappearing snow
The trail was closing,
closing on one last intrepid promise
crying out for life amidst a stampede of death
(Valley Forge Stables: March, 2021)
| Scheme | XXX XXX XXX XXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111 11011010 1010101001010 1111 101010111 10110000111 0111 1010101100 1110000101 01110 1011101010 101110100111 101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 438 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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