Analysis of The Devil's Fiddle
Signs that might be seen as omens
send me on my way
the daylight waning for today
and luck still virgin on display
flying close to danger’s coven
The wind blows fortune’s empty cast
as trackless dreams setout
dispelling hope and bringing doubt
without a name to even tout
caught within tomorrows fast
I see each warning clearly now
they speak much like a friend
whose words as tokens try to bend
rushing blindly toward the end
captured voices left to bow
Those signs that led me all point down
the road is changing fast
no clear distinction first from last
my future damned to be my past
— the devils fiddle calling loud
(Saint David’s Pennsylvania: February, 2024)
Scheme | XAAAX BBCCB DEEED XBBBX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111110 11111 0110101 01110101 10111010 01110101 1111 01010101 01011101 101011 11110101 111101 11110111 10100101 1010111 11111111 011101 11010111 11011111 01010101 110010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 679 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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