Analysis of The Lines
Many moving parts
adequately spaced apart
—the smell of ranges.
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Haiku Tercet |
| Metre | 10101 1000101 01110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 65 |
| Words | 10 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem reflecting on my experiences working at the Electrolux factory in Springfield, Tennessee. The rhythmic whizzes and whirls of the mechanisms were odd sources of inspiration that year.
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Written on 2016
Submitted by zero_of_nine on September 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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