Analysis of The Pendulum Stops
When what in essence changes
the ground beneath you shakes
No longer can you take for granted
four plus four is eight
When daylight turns to madness
each shadow undermines
What faith has borne and left forlorn
—clocks no longer chime
(Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania: September, 2022)
| Scheme | XXXX XXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101010 010111 110111110 11111 111110 1101 11110101 11101 110010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 280 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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