Analysis of Prison of the Free
Ian Kuchera 2005 (Pittsburgh)
Slow hum of society
Echoing sounds of piety
Ensnare the deaf
A prison of the free
Resting on a rock
High in the mighty sky
Where the birds carelessly fly
All those watched
Never to see if the door was unlocked
| Scheme | AABACDDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (44%) |
| Metre | 1110100 10011100 0101 010101 10101 100101 1011001 111 1011101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 209 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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"We live in a society"
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