Analysis of Shift Enter
Alvarita McArthur 1988 (placerville)
keys clanking
mind thinking
typing my hands are
but my mouth sits quietly
entering the moment
uttering the nothing
only the lonely
are shifting this slowly
| Scheme | AABCDACC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110 110 10111 1111100 100010 100010 10010 110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 155 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
momentarily annoying.
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Written on June 17, 2022
Submitted by Alvarita on June 17, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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