Analysis of Layers
Tomin Mooney 1972 (Cochin)
Build upon build
Layer after layer
Peeled unpeeled
A cavalcade of archers
As arrows rained the skies
Sun blotted their shade
Crescendoed underneath
Tidal wave on wave
Crashed upon the walls
Holding departing
Tearing splintering
Colliding colluding
Steinway’s grand
Pearl’s myriad rounds
Korg’s black n whites
Struck the Stradivarius strains
Pushing again n against
Lifting uplifting
A million human cords
To the conductor’s hands.
| Scheme | ABACCDEFCGGGHCCCIGCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 1011 101010 11 01011 110101 11011 101 10111 10101 10010 10100 010010 11 11001 1111 1001001 1001101 1010 010101 100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 440 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 362 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
About this poem
To all those musicians of this world
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Written on August 31, 2022
Submitted by tominmooney on August 30, 2022
Modified by tominmooney on August 30, 2022
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