Analysis of Last Drop
Should a tree be cut down,
for missing a branch
Should the wounded be chastised,
for taking a chance
Should the cup that’s been broken,
forsake its last drop
Should a man be accountable
—for what he is not
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101111 11001 1010101 11001 1011110 01111 10110100 11111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 246 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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