Analysis of Finger on the Trigger
Blinking button
launch code
sirens
red lock
down
protocol
steel doors
flashing lights
paradise
oblivion
Newtonian atom
apple power
challenger
explosion
fallout
south tower
explosion
fallout
and the leap of faith
there's no awkward movement in
the grace of falling
say
there's no awkward movement in
the falling into fate
| Scheme | axxxxxxxxa xbbACbACx DxxDx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 11 10 11 1 10 11 101 10 0100 010010 1010 100 010 1 110 010 1 00111 1110100 01110 1 1110100 010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 331 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10, 9, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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