Analysis of Nature In Play
The Russians have taught me
that nothing has changed
Instead of Nazis and Fascists,
we have terrorists to blame
Whether Turgenev or Chekhov,
Tolstoy or Marx
When our nature’s in play,
—much of life remains dark
(Wayne Pa.-Minella’s Diner: June, 2016)
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010111 11011 01110010 1110011 101110 111 1101001 111011 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 255 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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