Analysis of Behind the screen
Pt. 1 -
Retinas glug
the blue light gruel
A society built
with thumbs as tools
Bots and brains
in hand they dance
In the valley’s
twisted trance
Progress or plight
remains to be seen
By the generation
Behind the screen
Pt. 2 -
Tap this
Swipe that
Like it now
or take it back
Scroll up
Scroll down
Buzz her
Ping him now
Typing this
Typing that
Glued eyes
Not taken ‘back
Like for you
Like for me
Flowing, flowing dopamine
On the bus
On the train
In a rush
Or while you wait
Surf, type
It’s quite a lot
Press here to make it stop...
| Scheme | ABXAXXCXCADXD AEAFBXXXFEAXBXXXXXXAXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1 11 01110 001001 1111 101 0111 0010 101 111 01111 10010 0101 1 11 11 111 1111 11 11 10 111 101 101 11 1101 111 111 101010 101 101 001 1111 11 1101 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 528 |
| Words | 107 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13, 23 |
| Lines Amount | 36 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 206 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on November 12, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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