Analysis of Death
The crippling thief
Bearer of grief
Stealing victims in the teeth of life
Leaving bewildered family and wife
Regarding neither king nor chief
| Scheme | AABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Limerick (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 01001 1011 101000111 1001010001 01010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 147 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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