Analysis of For Purposes Of Clarification



You will not take from me,
What I have earned to own.
To then declare,
It yours to possess.
Done redundantly heard to repeat.
A teaching a classroom of mockingbirds.
How it has been living being victimized.
Or of having to face,
Being replaced by truth deluded to fiction!

Until this B.S. fed,
Becomes disgested in heads.
Prepared for conflict.
And multiple visits with psychologists.

And...
While I am here,
To clear a road unpaved to make my way...
Through a life of challenges and obstacles.
For purposes of clarification,
Identifiable with an infestation to manifest.
Entitlements given to have them 'bestowed',
Upon those expecting them distributed.
As a process of a democracy blessed.
That has spoiled its people to believe,
Disrespecting others is an achievement.
To do as they please.
On foreign shores too to ignore,
Their cultures, customs, way of life.
Language and religious beliefs to refuse.
With a doing to expect and receive,
Royal treatment.
When unconscious are most,
Growing up as adults.
Without common sense to value.
And socially illiterate.
Incapable to think independently.
But...
Prepared they are to protect and defend,
Reasons to end a democracy with ignorance!
To want and prefer incompetent leadership.


Scheme AXXBXBXXC XXXX XXXXCDXXDEFXXXXEFXXXGAGXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 111111 1101 11101 111101 0100111 11111010100 111011 10111010110 01111 01101 01110 01001010100 0 1111 110111111 10111000100 110010010 01000110110110 01001011101 01101010100 1011001001 111110101 0101011010 11111 11011101 11010111 10001001101 1010101001 1010 11011 101101 01101110 01000100 0100110100 1 0111101001 1011001001100 11001010010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,234
Words 240
Sentences 29
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 9, 4, 26
Lines Amount 39
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 328
Words per stanza (avg) 66
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Written on May 28, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on May 28, 2023

Modified by lpahtillah on May 28, 2023

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