Analysis of HANDICAPPED BY WITCHCRAFT



The blind can show a missing eye
The mute make silent mouth moves
The lame can show his stump
But what dear lord can I show?

My eyes are blinded to any opportunities
My legs betray my path to perish
My mouth speaks but nobody believes
Because I look outwardly whole

How do you show the invisible?
How do you tell of the incredulous?
How do you reason out the irrational?
By jove I beg! Tell me how!

The chains binding are stronger than iron
The evil aura chokes fatally than sarin
The curse is written in diamond casts
But I remain flesh and weakly human

I have recited the lords' prayer thousands
I have spelled what Google search says
I have sung the unintelligible mantras
But I still remain a prisoner of hell

I have been denied the meaning of love
I have been robbed of all friendships
I have been dashed of all hope
Banged into deep total despair

I have been called a lazy bone
I have been denounced a free-loader
I have been sentenced as a fraudster
Because I tried to beg for help!

Should I gouge out my eye for people to see?
Should I cut out my tongue to prove my point?
Should I amputate to walk my talk?
Or should I stay silent and die of hunger?

Tell me! I beg you, tell me!

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Scheme XAXX XXXX BXBX XXXX XXAX XXXX XCCX DXXC D X
Poetic Form
Metre 01110101 0111011 011111 1111111 111101100100 110111110 1111101 01111001 111100100 1111100100 11110100100 1111111 0110110110 010101100100 011100101 1101101010 1101001110 11111011 1110010001 11101010011 1110101011 11111110 1111111 10111001 11110101 111010110 111101010 01111111 11111111011 1111111111 11101111 11111001110 1111111 1011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,256
Words 259
Sentences 14
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1
Lines Amount 34
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 24

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A silent plea for help.

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Submitted by GIDRAF on August 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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