Analysis of Hexed
Born under a bad sign,
verses time recalled
harder luck and trouble,
moments trapped and stalled
Born under a bad sign,
rock of ages sold
answers stay unquestioned,
bells no longer toll
Born under a bad sign,
darkness settles in
rumors take the place of truth,
wages buying sin
Born under a bad sign,
desperate to belong
days belay what lies conscript,
wordless—heartless—gone
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2022)
Scheme | Abxb Axxx Acxc Axxx x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110011 10101 101010 10101 110011 11101 101010 11101 110011 10100 1010111 10101 110011 10101 11111 10101 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 424 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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