Analysis of The Ashes Of Sin
A man must be measured
to call himself such
Each storm must be weathered
its helmsman so clutch
Fire must be extinguished
for growth to begin
The seeds of new virtue
—from the ashes of sin
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2015)
| Scheme | AB AB XC XC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011110 11011 111110 1111 1011010 11101 011110 101011 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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