Analysis of Guard-Duty
August Stramm 1874 (Münster) – 1915 (Kobryn)
A star frightens the steeple cross
a horse gasps smoke
iron clanks drowsily
mists spread
fears
staring shivering
shivering
cajoling
whispering
You!
| Scheme | ABCDEFFFFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (70%) Etheree (50%) |
| Metre | 01100101 0111 1011 11 1 10100 100 010 100 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 147 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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