Analysis of Deadline
If it were a door
that needed to be opened
I could have used
this day, this morning
to cure my silence
beyond repair.
But if I'm going to be given
the opportunity
to slip my dissention
incognito through wires
across bridges
I'll take it and sit here
thinking of a neon sign
with which I could toast the sky
like quick summer lightning
behind heavy freight barges
passing each other in the bay
the walk home is filled with wind and laughter
| Scheme | XXXAXX BXBXCXXX ACX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11001 1101110 1111 11110 11110 0101 111101110 00100 1111 0010110 0110 111011 1010101 1111101 111010 0110110 10110001 0111111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 422 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 8, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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