Analysis of Last Orphan
Immersed in dark matter,
it fights not to hide
A target blood red,
and covered in lies
It cries out for justice,
it cries out in pain
Until an arrow strikes deeply,
truth firmly ingrained
Its point bringing light,
its shaft driving home
A message of hope,
into falsehood atoned
And deep in your memory,
a last orphan screams
Renamed in the vengeance
—rebirthed in this dream
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)
| Scheme | AB XX XX CX XX XB CX XX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010110 11111 01011 01001 111110 11101 01110110 11001 11101 11101 01011 0111 0101100 01101 010010 1011 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 402 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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