Analysis of The Cost Zero-Sum
The chances I take
transfigure my brain
The harm and the risk
metaphysically the same
They rush through my spirit
all fear on the run
Transformation now total
—the cost zero-sum
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011 111 01001 101 111110 11101 010110 01101 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 218 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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