Analysis of The Puppeteers Strings
What if our reasoned language
can’t provide any answers
—what if time isn’t real
What if the thoughts that we have
are embedded distractions
—what if reflection conceals
What if the feelings engendered
are like puppeteers strings
—what if truth doesn’t dance
What if the past and tomorrow
are death to the moment
—what if it’s all just a trance
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2018)
| Scheme | XX X XX X XX A XX A X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101010 1011010 11111 1101111 1010010 1101001 11010010 110011 11111 1101001 111010 1111101 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 409 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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