Analysis of Metropolis
I walk the concrete sidewalks
Of a city that never sleeps
I am just one more face
In a sea of anonymity
I hear the sound of sirens
As they wail in the night
This metropolis is alive
With chaos and unrest
The neon lights bathed my skin
In an unnatural glow
The hustle and bustle around me
An unsettling hum
The aroma of street food
Drifts across my senses
The scent of spices and grease
A pungent reminder
I stare up at towering buildings
That scratch the sky above
The grandeur of it all
Leaves me feeling small
I pass by street performers
Who capture an audience's attention
Their talents unnoticed
By the masses
The subway's vibrations rumble
As I descend into the underworld
A hundred lives intersect here
And then they diverge once more
I find myself surrounded
By the rush of humanity
Yet I am alone
Lost in the crowd
The speed of life is unrelenting
And I am swept away
Yet somehow, I cling to hope
That someday, I'll find my way
For in this fast-paced existence
There lies a simple truth
That though life may be chaotic
It is also beautiful and breathless
Scheme | XXXA XXXX XXAXXXXX XXBB XXXX XXXX XAXX XCXC XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 110011 10101101 111111 00110100 1101110 111001 10100101 110001 0101111 0101001 010010011 101001 0010111 101110 0111001 010010 111110010 110101 001111 11101 1111010 11011000010 110010 1010 0101010 110101010 0101011 0110111 111010 10110100 11101 1001 01111010 011101 111111 111111 10111010 110101 11111010 1110100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,070 |
Words | 206 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 8, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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