Analysis of For Papa
Poets and Bullfighters,
death to uncage
The truth between horns,
eternity’s rage
One thrust entitled,
mortality damned
Life springs eternal,
—the sword leaves your hand
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)
| Scheme | AB AB XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001 111 01011 11 11010 01001 11010 01111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 211 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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