Analysis of Fortunate Son
Speak the truth
at your own risk
Wager fortune
for just one kiss
Walk the tightrope
of joy and pain
No past or future
—the moment gained
(The New Room: January, 2024)
| Scheme | XXXXXXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 1111 1010 1111 101 1101 11110 0101 011100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 169 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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