Analysis of Faces Abandon Their Names
Conscience imprisons the guilty
Memory reshapes many facts
Hunches advance intuition
Insight precedes ample acts
Nuance eludes the grand circle
Shadows mask the empyreal
Substance embarks from ideas
Outcomes are tangibly real
Distance gives rise to a future
Darkness covers open sins
Nearness allows a discovery
Daylight correction begins
Highways abet transportation
Subways slither underground
Airports become comfort stations
Oceans toss ships all around
Freedom unshackles dominion
Limits exceed the worst claims
Spirits float free of their bodies
Faces abandon their names
| Scheme | ABCBDDEFGHAHCIJICKLK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) |
| Metre | 10010010 1001101 1001010 101101 10010110 1101 10011010 111001 10111010 1010101 10100100 101001 101010 11010 1011010 1011101 101010 1001011 10111110 1001011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 558 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 496 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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