Analysis of Next!



Death dances
While life loses;
No mercy here,
Don't shed a tear.
Take a number,
Don't be late,
You wouldn't want
To miss it;
It may be
Worth the wait!


Scheme AABCDEFGHE
Poetic Form Tetractys  (80%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 110 1110 1101 1101 1010 111 1101 111 111 101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 141
Words 30
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted by g_d on July 13, 2014

Modified on May 01, 2023

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