Analysis of A Devil's Insight



There are those who grasp the darkness
lurking in a human soul
yet set their sights on heaven's lights
to keep from losing all control.
They discern the liars from the storymen
for they spoke lies as well;
they see the noble holy men
as another destined to hell.
In humanities decay
they see but never speak
of atrocities they've seen,
they just keep walking on
as though it's nothing but a dream.
It's a devil's intuition
that's saved me from the blight,
so well self rightious men
fall victim to a humgry world
they'll cry to end the nightmare;
I'll shout back,
"Embrace the fate you're sentenced to, for it's just and fair!"


Scheme ABCBDEDEFGDDHDIDJKLK
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Metre 11111010 1000101 11111101 11110101 101010101 111111 11010101 10101011 0010001 111101 1010011 111101 11110101 1010010 111101 11111 1101011 111101 111 0101110111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 608
Words 115
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 492
Words per stanza (avg) 114
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Submitted on April 16, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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