Analysis of Dross

Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)



Because they are dross,
They will be gathered,
And blown on,
In my wrath.
When My anger burns,
It will turn them to ash.


Scheme ABCDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 01111 11110 011 011 11101 111111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 123
Words 29
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 24

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Written on June 11, 2023

Submitted by myway6119 on June 11, 2023

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