Analysis of Upon Reaching a Large City
Another billboard screens the sky,
society looks through a blinded eye,
empty words do not illuminate,
flashing artificial structures procreate,
simplicity is a way passed by,
steel grey structures make a pig-sty.
| Scheme | AABCAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101101 0100110101 101110100 1001010101 010010111 11101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 208 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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