Analysis of The Treadmill
Slowing down the motor,
running low on gas
The lies, the HOV lane,
the truth off in the grass
The speed counterproductive,
it warps and then transforms
The magic in the stillness,
the beauty heaven born
The light becomes a blurring,
as darkness settles in
Till stepping off the madness,
and travelling within
That fatal rush to judgment,
a quiet now sustains
One choice to stop the treadmill,
—all motion rearranged
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)
| Scheme | XA XA XX BX XC BC XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010 10111 01011 011001 011000 110101 0100010 010101 0101010 110100 1101010 010001 1101110 010101 111101 11001 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 460 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 41 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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