Analysis of Before The Flood
Death was invented
when life tired of the living
Eternity flexing
—the muscles of time
(Dreamsleep: November, 2022)
| Scheme | XAAX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Cinquain (20%) Lanturne (20%) |
| Metre | 11010 11101010 010010 01011 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 118 |
| Words | 19 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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