Analysis of Guilt
there exists no more certain
assassin of joy than that of
anger turned within
guilt's grim scepter
which the mind wields
with uncommon deft
to bring renewed complaint
at slightest urge
senseless ruin whose
vapid tongue hisses
only self-derision's name
nobility to confound
slacken then this twisted cord
and heal, for
guilt condemns the soul
| Scheme | XXX AXX XXX XXX XAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
| Metre | 1011110 01011111 10101 111 1011 10101 110101 1101 10101 10110 10111 0100101 1011101 011 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 327 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on August 09, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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