Analysis of Glory Is Nothing But A Name
what is glory
but a name
cast in iron chains
you wear
nothing but
this black veil
over your
sweet smile
a nightingale
outside of that
free to
fill this
humble blue sky
with your
sweet wings
sing aloud
with resonance
ring the bells of
earth and heaven
hear the colossal roaring of this crowd
and
thus, somehow
sweet glory is
nothing but a name
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHFIJKLGMNOPQNRSTB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 101 10101 11 101 111 101 11 0100 1111 11 11 1011 11 11 101 1100 1011 1010 1001010111 0 11 1101 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 320 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 24 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 277 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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