Analysis of The Unborns' question
When the Unborns ask me; “what is life?”,
I speak not at all of meaning's carcass.
I only tell them to feel no concern nor strife,
'Tis simply a bright moment before the darkness.
What be your answer?
| Scheme | ABAB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111111 111111110 110111110111 110011001010 11110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 207 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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