Analysis of I
Awash in poisoned clarity
my resolution formed
by will – be it thine or mine –
to die in peace. Not borne
into memory burdened by
rapacious yoke or scorn
of insignificant men.
| Scheme | ABCDEDF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010100 10101 1111111 110111 01100101 010111 101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 181 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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