Analysis of Terms And Conditions
Like any 'rat'-i-fied con I've known, you have
A 'mouth' and 'eyes' in the back of your head;
Spying what I do, have done and will soon do
Before I'm about to, do do, and past done did.
All my "John Doe', is smartly dressed up 'pat',
In your 'terms and conditions' of unholy 'scat';
That I by signing, hereby agree, to sign away
Any reasonable right to privacy I had to forfeit.
Seems I can't out-run your 'doo-wap' digital's
Of cipher-chain, it's 'byte' precedes it's 'bark';
They've arrived n' built my invisible cell-block,
Long before I've even thought where to start.
Bars that polished to the smoothness of skin,
While mine is buffed to velvet sheen of steel;
Bars taking my warmth, I take their coldness,
Boundary swallows itself with what you steal.
Scheme | XXXX AAXX XXXX XBXB |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
Metre | 11011111111 0101001111 10111110111 011011110111 1111110111 011001010101 1111001011101 1010001110011110 11111111100 1101110111 101111010011 1011101111 1110101011 1111110111 1101111110 10010011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 752 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on July 01, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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