Analysis of WHITE KNIGHT
woe to the brave and valiant man
who fears no sword nor blade of knife
who felled by love may bleed to death
upon her shards of shattered life
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Ballad stanza Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 11010101 11111111 11111111 01011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 143 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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