Analysis of Meltdown
The bars of the jail
those electronics we serve
our cellphones and laptops
new wardens in stir
Ipods and Ipads
to Tweet and I.M.
the virtual distance
created within
24/7
we Text back and forth
when Email’s too slow
a much faster course
But nature is watching
and planning a storm
the power grid wanton
with darkness for sure
And who is to blame
as we cry and we scream
our minds have been sentenced
we no longer dream
The reckoning promised
has come home at last
and this time not virtual
—our prison recast
(Dreamsleep: December, 2021)
Scheme | XXAB AXXX XXXX XXXX XCXC XDXD B |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (28%) |
Metre | 01101 101011 10101 11001 101 1101 010010 01001 1 11101 10111 01101 110110 01001 010110 11011 01111 111011 1011110 11101 010010 11111 0111100 101001 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 550 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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