Analysis of No Paper Towels



Four hard walls containing
Dank and draining to the sewer
Neutral colored barriers, the perfect height for peeping Toms
Gossip tattooed to the front door consuming us with its rumors
Made up of used ink and unfriendly notions from tattle-tales
Trying to unlock the gutters potential, freeing yourself from your claustrophobia
Remembering the hassles of flushing your headway away
Sneaking past the sink to wash your red hands
Caught without a bark
But a machine of heat that changes the exposure to air
Sent down by the ruthless septic gods
Never drying


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKA
Poetic Form
Metre 111010 10101010 101010000111101 1001101101011110 111110010101101 101010100101001110100 01000101101101 1010111111 10101 100111110001011 111010101 1010
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 542
Words 92
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 459
Words per stanza (avg) 92
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Nora Martin

I've been writing poetry since at least the first grade and its one of the few things that I've never changed my mind aboutI'm inspired constantly by song lyrics and life experiencesI love reading poetry that I can relate to that and I hope others can find something they can relate to in my poetry as well.Recently I've found words are the common factor... more…

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