Analysis of Armee d'Afrique
Camels in the
brush
Memories in the
fire
Voices in the
wind
Panic in the
mire
Messages
conflict
Enemy
conspires
First shot
breaks the silence
Last shot
— lights the pyre
(The New Room: February, 2024)
| Scheme | AXABAXAX CXDCEXEB D |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1000 1 10000 10 1000 1 1000 1 100 10 100 1 11 1010 11 1010 011100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 205 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 9 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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