Analysis of Coup D'etat
Fashioned in enameled vacancy,
the gentry’s veil was pierced
Exposed unclean, all vices seen,
through fury sharp and fierce
The folly of their blasphemy,
whose cover all but blown
With blood to flow from ramparts high
—once driven from the throne
(Dreamsleep: December, 2021)
| Scheme | AX XX AB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100010100 01111 01011101 110101 01011100 110111 1111111 110101 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 284 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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