Analysis of The Man's Game




The Man,
Mr. Government,
Big, bad Mr. Establishment,
has his laws and rules in place,
to keep the poor and working class down,
no matter the gender, nationality, sexuality, or race

The Man,
society is all his
one big giant board game,
played like Monopoly,
the world, one big giant square board,
we're all players in his game,
with just a few dollars in the bank,
and plots of land, no two the same

Everyone at birth starts at Go,
and as we age, as we grow,
we go around the board many times,
getting land in certain areas,
getting jobs, making investments,
to earn money,
$200 or more given to us every now and then,
but no matter how hard we try,
the Man gets all our fortune,
there's no such thing as the land of milk and honey,
everyone plays until they are bankrupt or dead


Scheme Abbcxc Axdexdxd ffxxxexxxex
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 01 10100 11100100 1110101 110101011 1100100100010011 01 0100111 111011 110100 01111011 1110011 110110001 01111101 1011111 0111111 110101101 101010100 10110010 1110 111011100101 11101111 01111010 111110111010 10101111011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 754
Words 148
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 8, 11
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 199
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted on August 26, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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