Analysis of Vices
Bitter mist fills the air, smoke rolls
Coffee and cigarettes,
Taste the smooth warmth, fill your lungs
Coffee and cigarettes
Old age, clogged coughs
Coffee and cigarettes
Energy from seed, death by tar
Coffee and cigarettes
| Scheme | aBcBdBeB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110111 10001 1011111 10001 1111 10001 10011111 10001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 217 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 183 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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