Analysis of Stirring The Pot
Life abhors a vacuum,
writing hates it too
So many questions, so much space,
meat to fill the stew
Emptiness is calling,
for words to write the wrongs
Where idle minds take up the space
—left vacant for too long
(Austin Park: February, 2021)
| Scheme | XA BA XX BX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010 10111 11010111 11101 100110 111101 11011101 110111 101100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 235 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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