Analysis of Breaking Free
Living at maximum RPM,
the world outside surrounds me
Setting traps and digging holes
to slow my motion down
I bob and weave, increasing speed,
the pitfalls deep and mighty
Hunted for the threat I pose
—their treadmills overwound
(Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania: July, 2021)
| Scheme | XAXX BAXB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101100111 0111011 1010101 111101 11010101 011010 1010111 111 1100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 260 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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