Analysis of Playgound Bullies On The Leader Board



Playground bullies create terrors
Not only in strange, distant land
Under our nose and near at hand
Self-serving purpose they fulfill,
ignoring democratic will
Against them, too, we take a stand
Stopping acts of evil-bearers.

Surreptitious infiltration
Motives disguised with friendly smile
Offering help: the extra mile
Under this cover violence reigns,
hateful passions run in their veins
Ulterior means all the while
An ego's amalgamation.

These two-bit thugs we can't appease
Nor tolerate their aggression
Nor yield with docile concession
Nor accept a hostile despot,
nor shrink from fear when things get hot
Overlooking their transgression
We have the good and peaceful keys


Scheme ABBCCBA DEEFFED GDDXXDG
Poetic Form
Metre 1100110 11001101 101010111 11010101 0100101 01111101 10111010 010010 10011101 10010101 101101001 10101011 01001101 110010 11111101 1101010 11110010 10101010 11111111 1001010 11010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 659
Words 104
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 187
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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