Analysis of Stark Realities
The parading of hubris; the brandishing of exaggerated pride,
They lied, with their wide lubricious prating lips; tongues twisted
And tied, forked also besides, always looking for blackmail and bribes.
You know of whom I speak; you know the kind, those who know people
As sheep and see them as blind, that lurk about and reap, never letting
Crises go unexploited, benefits from the miseries of all mankind.
Reality will not be mocked and made a fool of; justice will exfoliate the lies.
Nature will not bend or comply with mans misrepresentation as they falsifie
What they know to be truth. Puffed up prevaricators, spinners that misdescribe.
What have we come to? What manner of people have we become? I shun to
Think where this all will take us; I pray we stop the games we play. I do not see
Light before us but smell the stench of darker days. May we all change our ways?
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Metre | 00101100100101001 11111111110 01110011101101 111111110111110 11011111101011010 1010010100101001111 10111101011101010001 101111011100010111 1111111111011 111111101101101111 1111111111101111111 1011110111011111101 |
Characters | 864 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 58 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on August 21, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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