Analysis of Last Chariot
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
the night has a thousand eyes
The music fades, past dance is done
the future’s siren cries
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
all prophecy would say
Your father deaf, your mother blind
bequeathed of both you pray
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
last chariot at the gate
New flames have come, the beating drums
the lots have cast your fate
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
one choice to leave or stay
Deception fore, with lies behind
—time killing either way
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2018)
| Scheme | Ab ab Ac dc Ae xe Ac dc x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110101 0110101 01011111 010101 10110101 110011 11011101 011111 10110101 1100101 11110101 011111 10110101 111111 01011101 110101 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 514 |
| Words | 93 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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