Analysis of To Live Or To Die
Every thought,
a link in the chain
Every feeling,
joy battling pain
Every moment,
a dream set to fly
Every decision,
—to live or to die
(Car From New Hampshire: September, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001 01001 10010 11001 10010 01111 100010 11111 11110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 177 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 27 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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