Analysis of What's Unseen
Sometimes when we speak the truth
we tell the biggest lie
Intention stealing from the facts
meaning ill contrived
The pole is North though pointing South
when asked which way to go
when in the Northern Hemisphere
a liars truth misnome
Up is down when on your head
gravity be damned
motion forward, motion back
‘Silence Of The Lambs’
Sometimes when we speak the truth
we pander to mislead
as 2+2 is 8 in half
what’s missing—what’s unseen
(The New Room: May, 2022)
| Scheme | Axxx xxxb xxxx Axxx b |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111101 110101 01010101 10101 01111101 111111 1001010 01011 1111111 10011 1010101 10101 0111101 110101 1101 010001 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 478 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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