Analysis of Orpheus
averting eyes
to undo her demise
proved all too much for Orpheus.
with Hadean depths engulfing
oneself,
eroding trust-
until, at last, the truth
of the matter:
that grief only wants to look
back.
| Scheme | AABCDEFGHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (50%) Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 0101 101001 11111100 111010 1 0101 011101 1010 1110111 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 196 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Orpheus
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