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 |
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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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