Analysis of Night in Purgatory
It's cold
my body's burning
around? fog
i gather my strength
raise the collar
walking? so hard
spirits screaming
beasts are howling
hell? a step behind
i feel fear
slowly it creeps in
outside? dark
the road's getting tougher...
must
continue
it's still dark
| Scheme | XAX XBX AAX XXC B XX C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 11010 011 11011 1010 1011 1010 1110 10101 111 10110 111 011010 1 010 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 273 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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