Analysis of Dark Horse
I ride on a dark horse
through the canyons
of our past.
Far away from
the desert island of our
disaffected here and now.
I catch glimpses of you
on a high bluff,
looking down at me.
You always did try to
occupy the high ground,
moral or otherwise.
But these dashing rides
always lead me back
here, where I find you
standing in front of me.
I watch as you sharpen
your anger against me.
Copyright © Robert Haigh 2011
| Scheme | XXX XXX AXB AXX XXA BXB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011 1010 1101 1011 01010110 010101 111011 1011 10111 11111 10011 10110 11101 1111 11111 100111 111110 110011 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 424 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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