Analysis of In Ruins
Sometimes I imagine the building I’m in in
Ruins
Hanging vines thick enough to hold real weight
Wait
All we have to do is wait
| Scheme | ABCCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Lanturne (20%) |
| Metre | 011010010100 10 1011011111 1 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 129 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
I had a vision of the hospital I was in as a ruin in the future, like the beautiful pictures from urban explorers in cities like Detroit. The scale of the building and the scale of time hit me all at once.
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Written on December 14, 2021
Submitted by joseph.f.chandler on December 14, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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