Analysis of A marketplace
The life goes on in wildfires, goes on
In the wire angels
In the airstrikes
In a person aligning their voice with a lead singer
And finding there a soul they never knew they were longing for
Yes, I hear that in your voice
I hear that moment you felt you were alone no more
If only my fingers were not freezing
I'd make a better picture
I would at least in an impaired way use my deadly stillness
That's it, the stillness emanating throughout all the vivid things that we sing
My parents taught me a myth about the pill that cures death
I've been unstoppable, inconsolable ever since
You're probably wondering what's up with me when you're not reliving your peaks
Well that's the thing
I'm too mortal for any kind of commitment
I guess that makes me a freak
At least I feel like a philosophy major
Reading some obsolete shit on my third drink
Some subtle sadness to the right
An explicit lament to the left of me
My own voice buried deep within
Able-bodied, finite
Okay with the human destiny
With a suspiciously aching chest
On the Christmas Eve
Or something about this
The end, fini
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Metre | 011101011 001010 001 00100101110110 010101110110101 1111011 1111011100111 1101100110 1101010 111101011111010 110101000110101111 11011010101111 1101001101 1100100111111101011 1101 111011011010 1111101 111110010010 1011011111 11010101 10100110111 11110101 10101 11010100 100100101 10101 110011 0110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,056 |
Words | 201 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 3, 6, 8, 1 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on January 07, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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