Analysis of Distant sounds from the stadium
Days here lean
against my favorite tree
growing shrinking shadows
across a canvassed lawn
I watch the painting in progress
observe every hour's slowness
how the blank face of this building
- the bricks' constant change
red to black and back again
we entered the doors deceived
and roll out on wheelchairs
comfortably patched
under short blankets
snug from reaching for
concrete moments
and distant people
time becomes confusing
I borrow from memory
rise up stretch out
and lean against their dreams
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPGBQR |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (45%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 111 0111001 10101 010101 1101001 011001010 10111110 01101 1110101 1100101 01111 10001 10110 11101 0110 01010 101010 111100 1111 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 479 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 414 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
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