Analysis of Toll



As
a candle
burns

a toll is taken

by
every letter

of
every word


Scheme XXX X XX XX
Poetic Form
Metre 1 010 1 01110 1 10010 1 1001
Characters 68
Words 19
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 1, 2, 2
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 6
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 13
Words per stanza (avg) 4
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Submitted by Traian06 on August 27, 2022

Modified on March 28, 2023

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