Analysis of Collateral Damage
Words left borrowed
heavy on the heart
Actions defaulting
stillborn and dark
Pawning the foundling
orphan on loan
Love unbequested
— dying alone
(Dreamsleep: April, 2024)
| Scheme | AXBX BCAC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 10101 10010 1101 1010 1011 11 1001 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 178 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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