Analysis of Heirloom
We are indeterminate
heirlooms
Just one thing
defined without our voice
A narrow path of evolution slow
Indeterminate freedom: though bound by history
Of those whose fate I wish to know
23 random rolls and you begin
And like every gambler you think you know something
Then something whole will now disperse
Parts appear and you know less
So you follow: somewhere
Sorting becomes your life
Racing dispersion
Racing entropy for enough energy
| Scheme | XXAXBCB XAXXXXXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
| Metre | 110100 1 111 0101101 010110101 010010111100 11111111 1010101 0110010111110 11011101 1010111 11101 100111 10010 10100101100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 426 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 183 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 30, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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