Analysis of Rotting in plain sight
Our founding fathers', lifeblood spent,
They forged this country in fire.
Unscrupulous rulers were foreseen,
The danger to US is now dire.
Unbalanced president, as Caesar of yore,
Dares to usurp more power...
Commanding citizens to bend,
All while delusional and sour.
Gaius Caligula would've smirked,
And Nero would've twiddled his lyre,
At all perversions that are dared,
While moral core is on fire.
Collude with enemies, take bribes,
Stifle dissent, and muzzle opposition,
He'd squander trillions, abandon, run,
And champion criminal dereliction.
Mini dictators creep like snakes,
In states, cities and towns,
These oligarchs issue mandates,
Constitution is trivial to depraved clowns.
Yes, docile citizens suit the needs,
Servile ones are most useful,
These geldings dwell their pointless lives,
And as steers, will not be fruitful.
So many lackeys bend over, spread,
And sycophants applaud with gusto,
Lips are attached to their master's ass,
Surrender-freedoms-mode is on auto.
Yet many claiming they'll resist,
Will acquiesce, no fight is in them,
Most grown fat, and gotten soft,
Lack will to oppose strongmen.
Into oblivion our rights slip,
As we allow them to be taken,
Forever lost, forgotten we had,
Once gone are forsaken.
If Washington or Franklin glanced,
Into this husk their country has rotted,
Oh they would curse today's elites,
True enemies of our Republic.
Americans we are by God ... and luck,
Treasure your vote, don't squander.
For if you do, for a handout buck,
All freedoms you will surrender.
My aim is not to foster fear,
Nor to instill dread, or panic.
My mission is simple, get you to see,
What is in plain sight, barely hiding.
Scheme | ABCD XBXB ADXB XEEE XFXF XGXG XHXH XXXC XEXE XXXI IBIB XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 10101011 11110010 01001001 01011111 0101011011 111110 01010011 110100010 11101 01010111 111111 11011110 01110011 1001010010 110100101 0100100010 10010111 011001 110101 01011001011 110100101 1011110 1111101 01111110 110101101 010111 110111101 0101011110 11010101 10111101 1110101 111011 0101001011 110111110 010101011 111010 11001101 0111110110 11110101 1100110010 0100111101 1011110 11111011 11011010 11111101 11011110 1101101111 110111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,684 |
Words | 327 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on September 11, 2021
Submitted by RosenkrantzA on September 19, 2021
Modified by RosenkrantzA on June 16, 2023
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