Analysis of Ground Zero
The clocktower swings round-endlessly
As a hammersmith's dark arm
Pounding meaning into exquisite
Leaf, so thin that not a single atom
Can move freely between the several
Layers of concrete floors and
Abstract ceilings. A grand victim of poetic
Fission.
syllables split
race tangential lines
form maddening clouds
eclipse intellect
seventy years of winter
before they are collected in ciger boxes
by offical looking men with credentials
and nailed to
Babel's front door like
the winning lotto ticket from the
last
revolution
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSH |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 0111100 10111 101001100 1111101010 111001010 1010110 011001101010 10 1001 10101 11001 0110 1001110 01110100110 111011010 011 1111 01011010 1 010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 505 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 437 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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