Analysis of THE WHISPERER
When the whisperer comes to town
Evil deeds soon come about,
He's spreading evil whispers
Which people believe without a doubt.
He tells of murder and mayhem
Just hinting at people's names,
There isn't anyone pure enough
For the whisper to not defame.
He whispers of theft and burglary
And hints at whoever did it,
Without quite naming anyone
People take it as Holy Writ.
He encourages posses to punish
The innocent as well as the bad,
He's stirring up lynching mobs
So the innocent can hang.
He talks of child-abusers
Without a single piece of proof,
And when the blameless are hurt
He stands back so aloof.
The whisperer hurts the innocent
He slanders the pure at heart,
He drives the good to suicide
But for him, that's just a start.
He accuses women of sleeping around
And breaks up happy marriages,
He singles out the guiltless
And with his whispering disparages.
And when his latest township
Has been reduced to all-out hatred,
He moves on to a new locale
For the moment his needs are sated.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | XABA XXXX XCXC XXXX BDXD XEXE XFXF XXXX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101111 1011101 1101010 110010101 1111001 1101101 11010101 10101101 110110100 01101011 0111010 10111101 1010010110 010011101 1101101 1010011 1111010 01010111 0101011 111101 0110100 1100111 1101110 1111101 10101011001 01110100 1101010 0111000100 0111010 110111110 11110101 101011110 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,035 |
| Words | 188 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 35 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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When the whisperer comes to town Evil deeds soon come about, He's spreading evil whispers Which people believe without a doubt.
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Written on July 26, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 26, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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