Analysis of The Enormity Of Smothering Ignorance



An addiction that has left many hooked.
With a craze to crave the following,
Of one who entertains and performs...
As if their stupidity,
Has been achieved successfully.
Done with a natural appeasing quality.
Like a mad Baboon on display but dressed,
Impeccably.
That the enormity of smothering ignorance,
Leaving few incapable to refuse...
The seeing of themselves reflected.
In one they admire and represents,
Being brave and bold enough...
To actually be who they are in public.
Yet high on self importance.
With a doing to redefine,
The meaning of narcissistic egoism.
As it applies to those who prove and show,
The can deceive, fraud, lie, dupe and steal...
And remain defended,
By the ones finally seeing themselves...
Represented.
With a getting of attention...
They defend and perceive is theirs to deserve!


Scheme ABCDDDEDFGHIJKFLMNOHPHQR
Poetic Form
Metre 1010111101 101110100 11101001 1110100 11010100 110100010100 1010110111 0100 1001001100100 1010100101 010101010 01101001 1010101 11001111010 1111010 10101001 0101010100 1101111101 010111101 001010 1011001001 010 10101010 10100111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 815
Words 156
Sentences 16
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 644
Words per stanza (avg) 133
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Written on August 14, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on August 14, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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