Analysis of Rice
Sitting on the tilted chair
On the cusp of the fall
But not falling -- feeling
Only the horrifying lift
Of Innards -- is the pervasive feel;
I have felt myself
Slipping. Icarus' wings, I think,
At the melting point.
I said, "I am
Not quite certain.
I have rice in my brain
To keep the thoughts
From hardening, and
To maintain the illusion of
Maintaining my dignity."
The dignified set small goals
And achieve them with shame.
Dignity is an apex:
A point between privacy And pain.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101 101101 111010 1001001 110100101 1111 1010111 10101 1111 1110 111011 1101 11000 10100101 0101100 010111 001111 100111 010110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 461 |
Words | 89 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 373 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 88 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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