Analysis of News Reports
News reports are full of gore, human hatred, rape and war.
Feature segments do explore
ghastly acts meant to abhor.
Vivid scenes become the lore generations should deplore.
Spin doctors cannot restore
purity thrown out the door.
There's no reason for denial in making a life worthwhile.
Seize firm judgment to revile
sordid accounts which defile.
Pick the channel, turn the dial for things that produce a smile.
Allow pleasant dreams fair trial
and good thoughts status in style.
News reports are aimed to hurt, overstate and spread the dirt.
Extractions quickly excerpt
passages meant to convert.
Announcements form an alert in ways somewhat inexpert.
Talking heads are quite overt
reading text they still pervert.
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Metre | 10111111010101 1010101 1011101 1010101010101 1101001 1001101 111010100100111 1110101 100111 101010101110101 01101110 0111001 1011111100101 0101010 1001110 010110101111 1011101 1011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 698 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 584 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on April 15, 2023
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