Analysis of taxi cab



In a taxi,
heading downtown,
I ponder my own existence,
wanting to escape,
technology's grasp,
but afraid to be disconnected.
Wanting love,
but afraid to display it,
where to even begin,
to define myself?


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJ
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 0010 1011 11011010 10101 01001 10111010 101 1011011 111001 1011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 195
Words 34
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 160
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on March 17, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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