Analysis of The Dreams Of The Soldier
The dreams of the soldier,
—undead on the ground
A warrior's spirit,
—his enemy found
Though death be not permanent,
—all death is unkind
The battle once over,
—a new war to find
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2015)
| Scheme | AB XB XC AC A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011010 1101 0110 11001 1111100 11101 010110 01111 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 219 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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