Analysis of Eternal Ruling
Michael Matalon 1973 (New York)
We fought the dictatorship
Challenged the accepted norm
We battled against the monarchy
and democracy was born
The dictators of old
Who held all the cards
Now sit in ruins
Their power in shards
Today we’re represented
By crony politicians
A fragmented power
Each spinning contradictions
So instead of one dictator
Wielding all the power
We have thousands of politicians
Forming a superpower
| Scheme | XXXX XABA XBCB CCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 110010 1000101 110010100 0010011 001011 11101 11010 11001 010010 110010 010010 110010 10111010 101010 11101010 100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 377 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
About this poem
What’s the difference between 1 king or 1000 politicians, if the end result is the same?
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Written on November 11, 2011
Submitted by Michaelmatalon on November 03, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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