Analysis of Inalienable Rights



The known prognosis was indeed dire,
Any dubious cure itself a braided noose;
Option's mind-field of expedient desire,
Would find death the preferable excuse.

Perhaps the mostly neglected exercise,
Of choosing time and place is possible;
Usurping fate's presumptuous surprise,
Would truly dignify a demise while able.

Forget trying to find that comfort zone,
Sparingly curtailed by repeated insults;
This is a destination reckoned all alone,
Flying in face of conventional gestalts.

Let religion choke on it's pie in the sky,
Words' effects all filtered in superstition;
As I came to know the real truth n' why,
My divinity already gave me permission.


Scheme XAXA BCBC DXDA EFEF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 010101011 101001010101 101110100010 1110100001 0101001010 1101011100 101010001 11010001110 0110111101 10001101001 11001010101 1001101001 10101111001 1011100010 1111101111 1010001011010
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 638
Words 104
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 132
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on November 08, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Tracy Bollinger

Always liked to write and have written poems periodically over the years. I've never shared them withanyone except for immediate family. Decided to take the plunge and put some out 'there'. But bearwith me, I don't really know what I'm doing. This is therapy of sorts and I hope to let go of the need to rhyme. It's a mental condition. I recently found out my grandmother used to rhyme all herletters to anyone. Go figure. I hope you all enjoy my ranting! I do like what I've seen other's post. more…

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