Analysis of Soemthing For Jimi
Tonight,
I had a date with the mountain
Tonight,
I made those promises impend
Tonight,
behind the shadow of my fear
Tonight,
—the devil smiled at me again
(Seattle Washington: ‘Something For Jimi’
March, 2017)
| Scheme | Ax Ax Ax Ax xx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 01 11011010 01 11110001 01 0101111 01 01011101 01010010110 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 215 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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