Analysis of Clenched Open
"At the mouth of grinning madness,
peering through teeth clenched in sadness.
Much too close to see those eyes.
Burning bright-- a truth disguised."
"Not to be struck by lightning twice,
but thrice for he who battles vice.
Such morose and bleeding cries,
still echo from that place.... inside."
| Scheme | AABX CCBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111010 10111010 1111111 1010101 11111101 11111101 1010101 11011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 326 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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