Analysis of No Mans Land
With little to gain
and much more to lose
the soldier reloads
no longer to choose
A fate most uncertain
all outcome in doubt
his soul placed in Limbo
—too late to back out
(The New Room: November, 2021)
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 01111 01001 11011 011010 1101 111010 11111 011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 208 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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