Analysis of Overcopied
Originality,
Something in this world that is a rarity,
in the grand scheme of things,
One person creates something towards a common good,
one of a kind, a masterpiece, knocks right on wood,
and many others copy,
it becomes the portrait of atrophy
Articles written by scholars,
become a plentiful bounty,
for many college students to copy,
cut, paste, paraphrase, adjust margins accordingly,
producing many papers all the same,
with several cites to throw the instructor off their scent,
where have the principles of academic honesty went?
That bag under a woman's arm,
supposed to be a Michael Kors original,
yet its design, shape, and interior,
are copied by over 100 other designers,
trapeze, twist-lock, chain strap, buckle,
messenger, tote, crossbody, envelope, satchel,
they're all the same
at the end of the day,
the only thing a gal pays for is the name
Smartphones we all use, to talk, text, and tell time,
the slim, sleek, minimalist design,
copied over and over,
the only way to tell one from another,
is the Wi-Fi, 3G, and operating system
The shirt, pants, skirts, and shoes we wear,
conditioners, shampoo, and relaxers in our hair,
the producers all copy one another's ideas,
then in the media have an all-out mudslinging fest
on whose creation is best
Every popstar, rapper, country singer,
techno DJ mixer, and rocker,
all copy from one another,
rappers taking samples from each others' songs,
and over their lyrics, singing along,
popstars using sounds from previous tracks
and merging them with others,
to create a b*st*rd child of a new release
in which the damage is done, they can't go back
Originality,
the idea of creating something useful on one's own,
now completely foreign, an unknown,
it is easier to copy,
the thoughts, ideas, and schemes of others,
and use them to create another,
it is said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,
that imitation creates innovation,
instead, it is the sincerest form of travesty,
and moral depravity
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 00100 10011110100 001111 1100110010101 11010101111 0101010 1010101100 10010110 01010010 1101010110 111001100100 0101010101 1101110010111 11010010101001 11100101 011101010100 1101100100 11011010010 01111110 10011101 1101 101101 01010111101 1111111011 011100001 1010010 01011111010 10111010010 01110111 010001010101 00101101010010 1001001111101 1101011 1001101010 10110010 11011010 10101011101 0101101001 110111001 0101110 1010111110101 01010111111 00100 001010101010111 101010101 11100110 0101001110 011101010 111101010111100 101001010 01110111100 0100100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,972 |
Words | 330 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 9, 5, 5, 9, 10 |
Lines Amount | 52 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on July 03, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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