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…
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAB XXXB XCXC CDAD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 377
Words 65
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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