Analysis of "Fire Waits"
An invitation came today
from the Devil’s hand
Two short words addressed my fate
damnation his command
“Arrive at midnight, don’t be late”
inside he wrote in blood
“Wear something light, the fire waits”
—perdition’s victimhood
(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)
| Scheme | XABA BXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010101 10101 1110111 010101 0111111 011101 11010101 110 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 274 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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