Analysis of The Emperor Walks Naked
The Emperor walks naked,
with eyes all alone
To his subjects he panders,
his pride for a throne
His strut his true signature,
exposure supreme
Your opinion of no matter,
—as he colors you green
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)
| Scheme | XA XA BX BX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0100110 11101 111011 11101 1111100 01001 10101110 111011 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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