Analysis of High In The Tower
Politics and war
twin pillars of conflict
“Charge into weakness
retreat if there’s strength”
High in the tower
dividing to conquer
Fate looking down
— as your destiny waits
(The New Room: February, 2024)
| Scheme | XXXX AAXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001 110110 10110 01111 10010 010110 1101 111001 011100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 217 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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