Analysis of Last Poison Dart
Do you seek protection
from being alive
A turtle in its shell,
a bee in its hive
Do you lust for new armor,
to cover your heart
To shield truth inflicted
—that last poison dart
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010 11001 010011 01011 1111110 11011 111010 11101 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 208 |
| Words | 39 |
| 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) | 8 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 05, 2017
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on August 24, 2019
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