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 |
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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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