Analysis of To a Spider



You are a spider, spinning your web
In the corner of my room, above my bed
You don't care about me, or what I do
You just do your thing, and I do mine too

You catch the flies, and I catch the words
We both feed on what we can, in this absurd world
You don't bother me, and I don't bother you
You just do your thing, and I do mine too

But sometimes I wonder, what you think of me
Do you see me as a friend, or an enemy?
Do you admire me, or despise me?
Do you respect me, or fear me?

Maybe you don't think of me at all
Maybe you just see me as a wall
A wall that holds you, and protects you
A wall that lets you do your thing, and I do mine too

Well, I don't mind you, spider
You are a survivor, like me
You have a style, a way of being
You are a spider, and I am a human being


Scheme xxaA xxaA bbbb ccaa xbdd
Poetic Form Quatrain  (40%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 110101011 00101110111 1110111111 1111101111 110101101 111111101011 11101011101 1111101111 10111011111 111110111100 110111011 11011111 101111111 101111101 011110011 0111111101111 1111110 11001011 110101110 1101001101010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 780
Words 181
Sentences 4
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 115
Words per stanza (avg) 35

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life in general

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Written on December 23, 2023

Submitted by conductor on December 23, 2023

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