Analysis of Something For Albert ...



The gravity
of space
The gravity
of time
Forging
perspectives
Relative
in kind
Newtonian
 dogma
At sixteen
he knew
By curving
the axis
It changes
— the view

(The New Room: April, 2024)


Scheme AxAxbxxxxxxcbxxc x
Poetic Form
Metre 0100 11 0100 11 10 010 100 01 0100 10 101 11 110 010 110 01 01110
Characters 187
Words 34
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 16, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 9
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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The gravity of space The gravity of time Forging perspectives Relative in kind Newtonian dogma At sixteen he knew By curving the axis It changes — the view (The New Room: April, 2024)

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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 02, 2024

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