Analysis of Abuse and Decline
all self-declared rulers just arrived
wealth gained from cruel exploitation
still make those who are deprived
fight wars destructing their nation
in all empires that came to an end
people were paying forcedly
taxes and dues to aristocracy
our new leaders like to pretend
they are not as corrupted but
power’s balance is still disrupted
peace and prosperity will never last
as long as some can claim it all
whilst others in the power cast
considered born of inferior stall
Scheme | ABAB CDX CXX EDED |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110101 1111010 1111101 11010110 0110011111 100101 100110100 101101101 11110101 101011010 1001001101 11111111 11000101 0101101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 462 |
Words | 80 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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