Analysis of Lunacy's Bliss
Checking the pulse
on insanity’s wrist
Its beat never constant,
—as demon’s persist
The pressure to rise,
with each maddening twist
Whose heart then to burst,
—into lunacy’s bliss
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XA XA XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001 111 111010 11001 01011 111001 11111 0111 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 226 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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