Analysis of King Of Beasts
Truth
a heavy burden
speaking loudest
from exile
The distance
and confinement
like a magnet
to iron
Imploding
within you
when ready
for travel
The weight
of
delivery
— the roar of the lion
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
| Scheme | XAXX XXXX XXBX XXBA B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1 01010 1010 11 010 0010 1010 110 010 011 110 110 01 1 0100 011010 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 224 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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