Analysis of Dante's Razor
Shave the devil naked
get that tail between his legs
Leave him bald and impotent
all passion left in dregs
Fleece this vile pestilence
in the flames his fate ensnared
Shear what he embraces most
— temptations curse laid bare
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010 1110111 1110100 110101 111100 0011101 1110101 010111 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 259 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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