Analysis of Chariots On Fire
Chariots On Fire
Physically the idea was designed without consequences
From polarized pictures fogged by judgments
Vision centers drew images far from another time
Sights not normally seen where faces rarely human
Simple embellishments like horns blowers and seats
Thinking on all four wheels animal spirits shine through
Looking deep within, it could no longer be denied
Running on animal time using preconceived notions
Mechanized dinosaurs had been brought back to life
Strong caves replaced by houses weakly anchored
Water dripping from cracks now surged from pipes
Cars became focal points the center of destruction
Composite steel bodies with rubber claws and big feet
Built to withstand climatic whirl wind disturbances
Exhausts billowing out from dragons walking the streets
Machine like tornados sucking up large pieces of ground
All that you put in it is spewed out as spent garbage
With a microchip brain without a dead man's switch
Without warning a virus could sneak in and steal it
So informed I keep mine chained to a large oak tree
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Metre | 100110 1000001010101100 110101110 10101100110101 1110011101010 101111001 1011111001011 1010111110101 1011001100110 1010111111 1111101010 1010111111 1011010101010 0101101101011 1101010110100 0110011101001 0110110111011 1111011111110 10111010111 0110010110011 101111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,050 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 9, 11 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 292 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Electric Vehicles With a microchip brain without a dead man's switch Without warning a virus could sneak in and steal it So informed I keep mine chained to a large oak tree
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