Analysis of Divided We Fall
Without shared values,
what can we do
Without shared values,
who can we be
The proof’s in the pudding,
the cream has gone sour
Our greatness now curdled
—our future most dour
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)
| Scheme | Ab Ac xd bd c |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110 1111 01110 1111 010010 011110 101011 1010110 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 210 |
| 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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