Analysis of Collateral damage
Jeffrey Powell 1979 (Pittsburgh, PA)
How is there order in this chaos -
I can barely breathe
That speck of dust
which landed thus
is definitely out of place
How can you find what you're looking for -
I can scarcely move
That mound of junk
upon your bunk
screams this is not a phase
How do I resist when I'm being crushed -
I remember when there was room
That here once contained
no trace of disdain
Only now anxiety stays
Scheme | XXXXX XXAAB XXXXB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (67%) |
Metre | 111100110 11101 1111 1101 11000111 111111101 11101 1111 0111 111101 1110111101 10101111 11101 11101 10101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 386 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
OCD hurts more than the afflicted.
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Written on October 01, 2022
Submitted by JokerGem on October 01, 2022
Modified on April 27, 2023
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