Analysis of The Plugged Nickel Song
The Plugged Nickel Song
Life and times changed, not changing, they changed, the climate thermostat too
We missed it all, here we are, still waiting for the change, that already happened
Trains as big as our world, can't stop on a dime, it's the science of momentum
Life expectancy, recklessly floating in mid air, elusive, unstable, no longer guaranteed
Everyone's in the same boat now, rowing not required, it's all motorized ball bearings
Looking at those, who out of nowhere, become victims, of any illness no one wants
Thinking but for the grace of god, there goes me, myself, and I, and yet, could be
Well, that has all changed, from out of nowhere, now we get, long term diseases
Not really completely out of nowhere, with microscopic vision, we can see it coming
Racing to beat the ten, twenty, thirty year plans, time can be on our side, all by chance
Now the rains come, and who will stop the rain, drowning on land, dry, moments ago
Life expectancy curves were arcing ever higher, painted on glass ceilings, now broken
Everybody's in the same boat, money never bought love, but did create easy ways out
Money can't stop the rain, nor long term viruses, now life's renewed, every other second
The really big show, now the same for everyone, the really big change, chump change
Scheme | X XAXXX XXXXX XXXAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01101 101111011010101 1111111110101101010 11111011110110101010 101001001001101001011001 10001111010101110110 10111111011011010111 101101111111010111 11111111111111010 110010111101010111110 1011011010111111101111 1011011101101111001 101001011010101110110 100001110101111011011 10110111110011011001010 010111011100101111 |
Characters | 1,291 |
Words | 231 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 63 |
Words per line (avg) | 14 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 252 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Everyone's in the same boat now, rowing not required, it's all motorized ball bearings
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Written on November 23, 2021
Submitted by rzwilling on January 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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