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