Analysis of Immolantis
Raw and uncut, the Poet
sharpened his edge
His entry point targeted,
fury bright red
The first cut the deepest,
and clean to the bone
A wound bleeding freely
—all sutures unknown
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010 1011 1101100 1011 011010 01101 011010 11001 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 218 |
| Words | 36 |
| 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) | 7 |
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