In the Groove (Edited version)
In the groove of unthinking action,
file after file of manikins pack in --
beings above see the circular groove
peopled with puppets, all on the move.
Deeper yet they wear the groove down;
manikins' footfalls forever resound.
Of "outside", they now all think no more,
their eyes forever fixed on the floor.
Mechanical movement is all they can know;
movement defines all the life that they show.
The speeds of the dummies vary a bit
as they wear down the floor of the pit.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABCCDEFFGGHH |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 460 |
Words | 85 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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