Analysis of Maribel Ellis
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
In this city,
No one reads anymore,
No one lingers
Long enough to browse.
They're too busy
With their own tales,
Running down the streets,
Chasing ghosts.
And so,
She remains untouched,
Her pages unturned,
A protagonist waiting
For her chance
To come alive.
But who knows
When that day will come,
In this city
That never sleeps,
In this world
That no longer reads?
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (35%) |
Metre | 0110 11101 1110 10111 1110 1111 10101 101 01 10101 01001 0010010 101 1101 111 11111 0110 1101 011 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 375 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 286 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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