Analysis of Who

Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)



Who
Believed?
Gone astray
All their own way.

Blow the trumpet! The sword will slay them all.
Blow not: I will require their blood watchman.

So shall my word
Be that goes
Out of
Me.


Scheme XXAA XX XXXX
Poetic Form Tetractys 
Metre 1 01 101 1111 1010011111 1111101110 1111 111 11 1
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 186
Words 42
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 4
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 46
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Written on June 27, 2023

Submitted by myway6119 on June 27, 2023

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