Analysis of Prejudice and Pride
Vanity is one of Seven -
Sins deemed deadly up in heaven.
While prideful thoughts infect a mind,
Compassion's often left behind.
Haughty men and women too,
Full of hubris sneer at you.
Not much matters, nothing's holy,
Than self-worship, oh and glory.
Judges are a pompous sort,
Legislating from aloft.
Prejudicial with their tort,
Care so little whom they hurt.
Politicians are hardly better,
At public trough they just grow fatter.
They fester at the reins of power,
Dismissing calls to leave high tower.
Pontificate to us our fate,
Much division they create.
Squelch these people all dissent,
And care not, for our consent.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EXEX FFFF GGHH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 10011110 11101010 1110101 110101 1010101 1110111 11101010 11101010 1010101 100101 010111 1110111 01011010 110111110 110101110 010111110 01011101 1010101 1110101 01111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 630 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted by RosenkrantzA on April 30, 2020
Modified by RosenkrantzA on June 16, 2023
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