Analysis of To Enslave



If the opinion of others shapes the way you behave
and this crimps unique expressions,
it's a ruse to enslave.

If recurrent finger pointing seeks your name to deprave
and this abridges liberty,
it's a ploy to enslave.

If outrageous whispered gossip defiles need to outbrave
and this curtails autonomy,
it's a noose to enslave.

If conspiratorial pacts warp fancies to engrave
and this misconstrues self-esteem,
it's a feint to enslave.

If baseless humiliation tends purpose to off-stave
and this terminates intendment,
it's a snare to enslave.

If inferential circumstance hang together to clave
and this implies complicity
it's a trap to enslave.


Scheme AXA ABA ABA AXA ABA ABA
Poetic Form
Metre 10010110101101 01101010 101101 10101010111101 01010100 101101 101010101111 01010100 101101 1001001110101 01001101 101101 1100010110111 01101 101101 1001010101011 01010100 101101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 628
Words 103
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on January 02, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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