Analysis of Retrospection Lesson 4: War
This is a never ending cycle of death tribute
This is when each side rebuttals with violence and bloody refutes
This is a never ending dispute, with only a one way door
This is a never ending dispute, this is war
By: ©William J Dorsey Jr. (Copyright) October 24, 2013
| Scheme | XXAA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1101010101110 11111010110001001 1101010011100111 110101001111 110110110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 265 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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