Analysis of Poisoning The Well
We turn a deaf ear
as they live with the pain
of those who we cancel
with biting disdain
Unable to rise
above selfish intent
with opioid bias
our progeny bent
Pontification
colors the flow
young ears once thought distant
to reap what we sow
The world as we leave it
our tracks in the sand
forever to haunt us
—as children disband
(Radnor Pennsylvania: December, 2021)
| Scheme | XAXA XBCB XXXX XDCD X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 111101 111110 11001 01011 011001 1110 101001 0010 1001 111110 11111 011111 101001 010111 11001 10010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 374 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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