Analysis of The Future Writhes
Once truth is judged delusion,
we choose the lesser of two lies
Abandoning that voice unheard,
—stillborn, a baby cries
The ideal in dark remission,
all hope now cast in flames
Making bargains with the Devil,
—as the future writhes in pain
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)
| Scheme | AB XB AX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010 11010111 01001101 110101 00101010 111101 10101010 1010101 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 283 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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