Analysis of Snake Eyes
Giving in to the writing
all else went to hell
The bills stayed unpaid
one room left to dwell
Giving in to the writing
I rolled the last dice
Two dots facing upward
—and paying the price
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)
| Scheme | Ab xb Ac xc x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001010 11111 01101 11111 1001010 11011 111010 01001 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 225 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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