Analysis of Suspended Animation



An empty gut wrenching hole
a life of discipline but out of control
whirlwind butterfly's stomach ache
just another careless trivial mid-day mistake
frazzled nerves beads of sweat
dreams of tension and indivisibly upset
insecurity system red light warning
another snooze button pessimistic morning
tired non-rested movement sleep
half awareness time-traveling leap
late for work shoestring broke
coffee on the road and another smoke
half the population nasty and mean
 the rest of us fall somewhere in-between
responses carefully calculated tones
cliché of remarks nobody really owns
another sunset and elder time of day
daylight passing but feeling okay
slipping into earth shadow night
anxiety about sleep as I turn out the light


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJ
Poetic Form Etheree  (20%)
Metre 1101101 01110011101 110101 1010101001101 101111 11100101 0100101110 01011001010 10110101 101011001 11111 1010100101 100101001 011111001 0101001001 11011101 0101010111 1101101 1001111 0100011111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 732
Words 113
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 612
Words per stanza (avg) 113

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Submitted by Soul-to-song on June 03, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Brian Oliveri

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