Analysis of The Napkin
God took a vacation
when time had run out
Rethinking his opus
replanning devout
His Angels in limbo
the devil on leave
Heaven a sublet
sin now reprieved
Faith worn and tattered
the bible debunked
Crusades a bad memory
the Grail marked as junk
He orders a cocktail
the waitress comes back
A napkin — her number
salvation highjacked
(The New Room: December, 2023)
| Scheme | XAXA XXXA XXXX XXBA B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110010 11111 010110 101 110010 01011 1001 111 11010 01001 0101100 01111 11001 01011 010010 0101 011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 369 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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