Analysis of Degeneratus
The
gambler’s
asylum,
a table
waits
in hell
Your last card
out,
your first card
in,
aces all
—pray tell
(The New Room: March, 2021)
| Scheme | XXXXXA BXBXXA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0 10 010 010 1 01 111 1 111 0 101 11 0111 |
| Characters | 124 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 8 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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