Analysis of Death Coach



Cold streamlet curld, from out of
the night wisp...
fancy'd bargaining in
spine tingling chill.
From out of the night, gauntlet
it wheeled...
Six steeds pulling, near
And nearer...
Cackling driver, at the helm.
Driving banshees at its lamps
either side
reared the horses, as
they galloped over skys...
Steam pouring their nostrils
chased to rear by the wind...
Levitating them, near
and nearer...
A locomotives, lost directions
for death stops...
But, arrowed here!
and I closed my eyes...
As if it'd go away...
Opening them, I vanished...

Touching clouds, as it
Advanced...


Scheme xxxxxxaBxcxxcxxaBxxxxxx xx
Poetic Form Tetractys  (44%)
Metre 111111 011 11000 11001 1110110 11 11101 010 10010101 101111 101 10101 110101 110110 111101 10011 010 00101010 111 111 01111 1110101 1001110 10111 01
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 550
Words 93
Sentences 14
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 23, 2
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 217
Words per stanza (avg) 47
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Submitted on October 09, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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