Analysis of After the Battle
In the dust, a venomous bain
There it lies, for it is slain
The gleaming knight has won his arduous match
He returns to town, for song and wine
And entertain, perhaps, a concubine
For glory is little fun without a prize
| Scheme | AAX BBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 00101001 1111111 01011111001 101111101 00101010 11011010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 214 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on November 21, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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