Analysis of Know Better
It all comes down
To what we know or don't know
And if it were just a matter of ignorance
Then we should be putting up
Walls around the globe
'Cause one thing is for sure
We know better...
The weather might change
But the sun stays the same
We know better...
No matter how you hedge your bet
The second you step into the river
It becomes entirely impossible
To not get your feet wet
We know better...
The bliss we feel
Is just the risk we take
To numb us to the effect
Of our mortality rate
Nations rage
And at the end of the day
Slumber away in their coffins
Of clamorous desperation
And hardhearted orphans
Fall victim to a recession
Of long ago spoken oracles
In their ancestors' possession
Slavery courses through their veins
And the chains become a comfort
Callused creatures of habit
With the features to match
A rabid sensation for havoc
And clay feet that only move backwards
We know better...
But doing is another thing--
"Whatever gets me richer quickest"
"Man, what I wouldn't give to get a ring"
Power hungry, pleasure seeking
Forgotten lessons learned east of Eden
Arrogant and seated on a throne
Made of leaven
Stole the keys to the cellar
Foolishly hoping to find
A backdoor to Heaven...
And we're no better
Scheme | xxxxx xAxxAbaxbA xxxxxxxc xcxcxxxxxx A dxddcxcaxc a |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (24%) |
Metre | 1111 1111111 011010101100 1111101 10101 111111 1110 01011 101101 1110 11011111 0101101010 10101000100 111111 1110 0111 110111 1111001 11001001 101 0101101 10010110 11010 0110 11010010 110110100 0110010 10010111 00101010 110110 101011 010010110 011110110 1110 11010101 10111010 1111011101 10101010 0101011110 100010101 1110 1011010 1001011 01110 01110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,187 |
Words | 226 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 10, 8, 10, 1, 10, 1 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on August 08, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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