Analysis of Elusive Rambling
Bullets fall silent
against words
well chosen
Their caliber
muted
— the target on fire
(Villanova University: March, 2024)
Stuck In Gear
Motion
not an absolute
The world
is never still
Inertia
tries to write the law
Where stop and start
are nil
History
at the speed of light
Consensus
in the math
But standing
here
While stuck in gear
— the notion leaves me flat
(Villanova University: March, 2024)
Before The After
Don’t bog down
in research
Spontaneity
the thing
Truth
is most elusive
And joy
a passing Spring
In flashes
of an instant
What’s timeless
will appear
Thinking often
kills the goose
That lays
— both far and near
(Villanova University: March, 2024)
Things most often named
before understood
Then never renamed
for the bad or the good
‘Particles of light’
we now know as waves
But ad infinitum
their reference stays
A ‘Tablet of Paper’
consisting of sheets
Two ‘Bolts’ of lightning
fused Franklin’s belief
A ‘Softball’s’ still deadly
meant to careen
And ‘Deafening Silence’
— spurs wonder indeed
(Villanova University: March, 2024)
Scheme | axb cxc D e bxxf xxxf ghix jxex D c xxgjxxxj xaiebxke D lmlm hxxk cxjx gxxx D |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Etheree (35%) |
Metre | 10110 011 110 1100 10 010110 01001001 101 10 1110 01 1101 010 11101 1101 11 100 10111 010 001 110 1 1101 010111 01001001 01010 111 001 0100 01 1 11010 01 0101 010 1110 010 101 1010 101 11 1101 01001001 11101 0101 11001 101101 10011 11111 110100 11001 010110 01011 11110 1101 01110 1101 010010 11001 01001001 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 1,134 |
Words | 206 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1, 8, 8, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 60 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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