Analysis of Surviving Adversity



Surviving through adversity.
And subjected to negative opposition.
Takes determination.
Initiative.
With a maintaining of sustained faith.
Kept to keep by those who know,
A path they have chosen...
To walk upon and remain that way,
Staying focused to face obstacles.
For them is just another test,
Doing their best on a daily basis.
Expecting to be challenged.
By the ones who believe,
Faith unseen yet kept to keep...
Can be easily weakened.
If weapons of deception are used against,
Those determined to succeed.
Regardless of the what and who,
Seeks to believe...
A faith kept to keep.
Can be defeated and destroyed!

'We have used everything,
To stop these 'morons'.
From continuing on.'

'And...
When you say 'morons'?
Who is it that you refer,
Continues on...
Using weapons to convince,
Them to prevent...
A stopping what we have done.
To prove them to be the idiots.'

'I called them MORONS, you fool.
Not IDIOTS.'

'Oh.
So glad I am you clarified that difference!
Now...
Which preference should we choose,
To describe ourselves?'

'What?
We are who we are to be.
How obvious is it?'

'I am only a follower.
Not a decision maker.'

'Well...
Stay to be the follower.
With a keeping of your mouth closed!'


Scheme ABBXXCBXDXXXEFGXXXEFX XDH GDIHXXBJ XJ CXXXX XAX II XIX
Poetic Form
Metre 01010100 00101100010 10010 0100 100101011 1111111 011110 110100111 101011100 11110101 1011101010 0101110 101101 1011111 1110010 11010101101 1010101 01010101 1101 01111 11010001 11110 1111 101001 0 1111 1111101 0101 1010101 1101 0101111 111110100 111111 1100 1 11111101100 1 1100111 101001 1 1111111 110011 11100100 1001010 1 1110100 10101111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,209
Words 261
Sentences 38
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 21, 3, 8, 2, 5, 3, 2, 3
Lines Amount 47
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 114
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted by lpahtillah on March 17, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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