Analysis of Fait Accompli
A gift or obligation,
the Poet signed his name
A promise wrapped in silence,
decision masked by pain
One choice among the many,
within salvation lies
The victors lay unspoiled
—with truth to live or die
(Dreamsleep: June, 2019)
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011010 010111 0101010 010111 1101010 010101 010101 111111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 230 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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