Analysis of Precious Chaos
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
I step outside to the city's hum,
A symphony of honks and chatter.
A million lives in motion,
Each one with a different story.
The buildings rise up like giants,
Glass and steel reaching for the sky.
The sun beats down on my skin,
A reminder of the world's warmth.
I walk through the crowds,
Anonymous in my own way.
A hundred conversations blend together,
The background noise to my thoughts.
I wonder about the people I pass,
Their lives and loves and losses.
I wonder about my own path,
The twists and turns that led me here.
The city's pulse beats on,
Endless and ever-changing.
And I can't help but feel grateful,
For this moment, this place, this life.
Scheme | XAXX XXXX XXAX XXXX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 111110101 010011010 0101010 111010010 01011110 10110101 0111111 00101011 11101 01000111 0100101010 011111 1100101011 1101010 11001111 01011111 010111 1001010 01111110 11101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 662 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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