Analysis of contention
Eugene Redelinghuys 1974 (Wineberg)
my prison has a nice view
a smoldering coal mine
glowing the night sky
I can leave anytime
no keys in these doors
far below in the street
seems like everyone can
strange kind of happiness
this sense of freedom
I get it sometimes;
it's in our veins to fight chains
waiting for better weather
to hoist the sails, maybe
time to go dig up those
long-buried treasures
| Scheme | XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
| Metre | 1101011 010011 10011 11110 11011 101001 11101 111100 11110 11101 10101111 1011010 110110 111111 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 365 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
About this poem
Just a reaction to a feeling. Painted as beautifully as I could.
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Written on 2022
Submitted by eugener.13042 on February 04, 2023
Modified on April 19, 2023
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