Analysis of Just Make an X if You Cannot Write Your Name
beginning to see
the end result
of parental neglect
across the nation,
children are pretending
to be adults,
kids are not playing
with each other,
instead their playing
with robotical toys,
i-pads, i-pods, video games,
texting to whoever will return
their ramblings, learning to kill
people for fun, instead of animals
for food,
no one telling them
that there is more to Life,
than sitting on the couch
clued to Sponge Bob or
MTV,
someone should,
they really should,
before it's too late
to salvage what's left
of their minds,
most students fail
to see the importance
of manners, oral communication,
or skills other than being able
to turn on a computer
to find everything in the world,
they need to search for Life
in all the right places,
take chances,
share experiences,
failures and successes,
they need to learn how to write,
not fight, how to empathize
and sympathize with others,
they need to see the need
for learning in order for them
to teach the children
they are now having so young,
then again,
so many mothers and fathers
have taught their children
the same ways
they have chosen to travel
that the road we're all on
may soon be a dead end.
Scheme | ABCDEFEGEHIJKLMNOPQORRSTUVWDXGYOZZ1 Z2 3 4 5 ND6 7 4 D8 X9 0 |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 01011 0101 101001 01010 101010 1101 11110 1110 01110 111 11111001 11010101 111011 1011011100 11 11101 111111 110101 11111 1 11 1101 01111 11011 111 1101 110010 110100010 111011010 1110010 1110001 111111 010110 110 101000 100010 1111111 111110 010110 111101 11001011 11010 1111011 101 11010010 11110 011 1110110 101111 111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,105 |
Words | 205 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 50 |
Lines Amount | 50 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 917 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 205 |
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Submitted on August 20, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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