Analysis of The Last Barrel
Like wine,
these older days
are vintage
Aging,
as each days number
declines
Ripe
in the tannin
of what remains
Rich
in the sweetness
of time now past
The vines
to wither
—in memory lost
(The New Room: May, 2021)
| Scheme | AXX XBC XAX XXX CBX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 1101 110 10 11110 01 1 001 1101 1 0010 1111 01 110 01001 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 198 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 28 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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