Analysis of Lost Soul Of Astoria



They celebrate as he stands
In middle of street
Blocks traffic and dances
Like Romans Enjoyed the danger
For gladiators as their speeding
Death just turned the corner


Scheme ABCDED
Poetic Form
Metre 110111 01011 110010 11001010 11001110 111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 161
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 139
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on November 07, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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