Analysis of Alternating Current, either Turbulent or Serene
On the beach, you asked the man in grayish windbreaker:
‘How do you define ‘The Will’?’
He drew a sine-wave with his finger in the sand, then wiped it away
With waves at his command. A capful of vinegar, and seething calories of vegetables
In your stomach, turning and burning, gave you the illusion
Of snakes slithering away somewhere behind. Last night on your way home,
There was a repeat of the scene, in which she refused to allow you
To touch her rain-drenched violin. ‘Keep your distance, am I clear?
Only one of the strings is the zero line, you just can’t tell which!’ She smiled weirdly
And ran upstairs. The string which snapped during the performance
Dragged along behind her, was as thick as a towrope. Confused, standing still there,
You tossed a coin into the air, and heard it
Droning fast, with strong and weak beats, alternating,
A downpour and a flood – overflowing in different directions.
Fourteen days are needed to dry your nets, and clear
All water-level data. Landforms, temperature, light from above
And your masculinity, will be turned inside out like a coat
On the other side of the globe.
Scheme | AXXXXX XAXXA XXXAX XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111010101 1110101 11011111000111101 1111010111000101001100 011010010110010 1110001101111111 11001101011011011 110110011110111 10110110101111111110 01010111100010 101010111101011011 11010101011 10111011100 0100011000100010 111110111101 110101011001101 010100111011101 10101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 1,125 |
Words | 198 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 5, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 49 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 220 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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