Analysis of Deliverance
The present time... heaven
a mans soul
thundering
through a tunnel
of light.
Angels line the way
a huge hand
clawed
gnarled
snatches the soul in mid flight
The past ..earth
a rapist
stalking
strikes
gunshots blast in the night
| Scheme | X XAXB X XXXB X XAX B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) |
| Metre | 010110 011 100 1010 11 10101 011 1 1 1001011 011 010 10 1 11001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 234 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 26 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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