Analysis of Last Novena
The manhood
of a nation
marching in the breeze
Chasing what
the dead have wrought
taunting its reprieve
Caught within the voices
of forgotten
yesterdays
The winds of war
but nine days off
— as mothers kneel to pray
(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)
| Scheme | XAXXXX XAXXXB B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01 1010 10001 101 0111 10101 101010 1010 10 0111 1111 110111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 242 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 04, 2024
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on May 04, 2024
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