Analysis of To The Last
Embattled here,
entitled there
One flag still flying,
the smoke-filled air
Horizons darken,
as blood runs free
The last man standing
—whose will to be
(Villanova University: March, 2021)
| Scheme | XABA XCBC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101 0101 11110 0111 01010 1111 01110 1111 01001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 180 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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