Analysis of Nulla Lingua
Can you go crazy
without language
madness unclear
Can you reason
without dialog
or words for your fears
Can you think
without symbols
progress undefined
Can you tie it
together
—without names in your mind
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
| Scheme | XXX XXX XXA XBA B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 0110 1001 1110 01100 11111 111 0110 101 1111 010 011011 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 241 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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