Analysis of Sea of Fire, Sea of Blood
I'm a lost cause and you
are a martyr
You're fighting a war
that's already been won
Reaching back
into the past
I grasp
and draw nothing back
Fragments of memory
Dream and reality
make no difference to me
I looked in the mirror,
grew horns and wept flame
These fables defy actuality
Sea of fire
Sea of blood
The angels will never again
descend upon us
Sea of fire
Sea of blood
The angels will never again
descend
I see you withering
at an empty altar
So be it
| Scheme | xaxx bxxb ccc axc ADExADEx xax |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (44%) |
| Metre | 101101 1010 11001 101011 101 0101 11 01101 101100 1010 1110011 110010 11011 11001010 1110 111 01011001 01011 1110 111 01011001 01 111100 111010 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 435 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3, 8, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on October 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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