Analysis of The Motionless Mass
Grim-faced disfigurement,
their features of life.
Souls pacing in rhythm,
self-conscience whose right.
They surge through the streets
and pause at the lights.
A system so dense,
it rivals the night.
The truth without lies
through intense imagery.
Facing down time
with the same synergy.
The people of a city,
Without passion they trend,
will forever pace in rhythm
until it comes to an end…
| Scheme | XXAB XXXB XCXC CDAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 110100 11011 110010 11011 11101 01101 01011 11001 01011 101100 1011 101100 0101010 011011 10101010 0111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 377 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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