Analysis of Euphemisms And Misnomers
Down the long path of history
behavior remains the same
It may appear more civilized but real change is in the name
Reform has been trivialized, the difference is rules of the game
Evaluate this perspective:
Thievery at sea by pirates
Today they're port entrepreneurs. Souls now converted by prelates
Were once controlled by conquerors. Compare all the similar traits
Examine competitive sports:
Many sanction sheer aggression
In hockey watch the body slam, off-ice it would be transgression
Smashing tackles are just a sham allowed by football's concession
Betrayed by fancy misnomers
with euphemisms we're mislead
Perception becomes truncated, altered reality the dread
Propaganda saturated, twisted values then we are fed
Scheme | XAAA XBXX XCCC BXDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111100 0100101 11011101111001 0111100010011101 0101010 10011110 011100111010110 0101110001101001 01001001 10101010 0101010111111010 101011010111010 011101 1100101 0100110101001 01010010101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 709 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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