Analysis of The Rebel
Was there ever a rebel
on the inside looking out
By definition he’s outside
—his legend to shout
The insurgent, his tactic
playing Russian Roulette
Holding the status quo hostage
—with fear and regret
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110010 1001101 1010111 11011 0010110 101001 10010110 11001 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 243 |
Words | 38 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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