Analysis of So you want to change the world
So you want to change the world
So you want to change the world
This is what I hear you say
As you gossip on the corners
I see you every day
With the venom in your words
Rousing ugly feelings
Getting others stirred.
So you want to change the world
Making it a better place
As you raise your noses in the air
With disdain upon your face
For those you think you're better than
Who be the same as you
Before you try to change the world
Just take a look please do.
So you want to change the world
Though these labels you all wear
You preach all your religions
Without you nary a care
For those who have their own beliefs
So many wars are fought
Though all those truth that you espouse
Be just stuff you've been taught.
5 May 2014 @ 1427hrs.
| Scheme | A A b x b x x x A c d c x e a e A d x d x f x f b |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1111101 1111101 1111111 11101010 1111001 1010011 101010 10101 1111101 1010101 111110001 1010111 11111101 110111 01111101 110111 1111101 1110111 1111010 0111001 11111101 110111 11111101 111111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 734 |
| Words | 150 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 25 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 23 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on July 17, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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