Analysis of Bloodletting
Real poets don’t make lasting friends
they shun fraternity
Their truth like gritty sandpaper
abrasive when intoned
The reader may be gratified
with what the words uncover
More likely though the pain involved
— will cut them to the bone
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
| Scheme | XABXXBXX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011101 110100 1111010 010101 0101110 1101010 11010101 111101 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 274 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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