Analysis of SENTRY OF THE CENTURIES
Not the Observer of my centre.
Low Standard to unfold
Not a Mirror of my reflection
Chain Mail keeps news untold
A fading Star eclipsed
Not a Sun that shines light
I am Independent without
No Guardian to subscribe
| Scheme | ABCBDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100101110 110101 101011010 111101 010101 101111 1101001 1100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 216 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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