Analysis of Two Warriors
The last bout of the night
two warriors would fight
with legends
now at hand
Feet and fists wrapped
their spirits attacked
and of their bodies
they would demand
Each kick got higher
as two hearts aspired
to what lay just beyond
their grasp
And as the referee sounded
over hearts that still pounded
only the best of each other
—had they asked
(Seoul Korea: August, 1976)
| Scheme | AAXB XXXB CXXX XXCX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011101 110011 110 111 1011 11001 01110 1101 11110 11101 111101 11 0100110 1011110 10011110 111 101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 382 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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