Analysis of Caught In The Dutch Bowl
She believed in Astrology
he believed in her
Their White House chart in symbols strange
whose doctrine ebbed and flowed
She believed the stars made sense
her love had made him blind
To what his darkest fears had robbed
— a modern day Tom Joad
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
| Scheme | AXXBXXXB A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10100100 10100 11110101 1101001 1010111 011111 11110111 010111 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 275 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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