Analysis of Plate Tectonics
For now, I have decided to not decide.
I trace the distance between us
on newspaper weather maps.
We are two inches apart.
I bundle myself in
warm-from-dryer blankets,
thinking of high school science,
picturing continents billions of years ago
refusing to remain stationary,
drifting and colliding until
north touched
west touched
south touched
east as a poorly folded road map.
My reluctant roots could be roused
by grinding plates, earthquakes, pumping lava,
steam rising from the ocean.
I listen to wind and crickets,
waiting for tremors.
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Metre | 111110111 11010011 110101 1111001 11010 111010 1011110 100100101101 010101100 10001001 11 11 11 110101011 10101111 110111010 1101010 11011010 10110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 523 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 10, 5 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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