Analysis of COMPLACENT
silent stoic
strong as can be
why would he need
a friend like me?
hard cold
facing attacks
sightless he feels the first
blow of the ax
rescue now
how i don't know
the ax would destroy me
with only one blow
courage alive
but what's that to me?
i'll use any excuse
but i won't save the tree
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCAC XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1010 1111 1111 0111 11 1001 11101 1101 101 1111 011011 11011 1001 11111 111001 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 296 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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