Analysis of The Serpent Is Dead
Twilight fell onto my
windowsill
Demon fire in full
retreat
The stars above,
glowing pulls on a rug
Woven deep into the blackness
I sleep
Day’s grip has now changed,
the cantor sings as he prays
St. Michael cries,
—THE SERPENT UNDONE!
As the sun has now left,
but your dreams not bereft
For only the night,
—points to heaven above
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
| Scheme | XA AX BX XX XX XX CC XB A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 1 101001 01 0101 101101 10101010 11 11111 0101111 1101 01001 101111 111101 11001 111001 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 373 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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