Analysis of Vanity Fair
Are we the captains of our feelings
Or slaves to our lusts?
Just a convenient excuse
For a free for all
In the dark corners of the mind
Where our conscience stalls
Free to make our own beds
Wherever our heads may fall
The comfortable solution
To the complexity of truth
Simplified in one fell swoop
The absolute proof that the pen
Is indeed mightier than than the sword
And as we all drink deeply
From the well of knowledge
No one ever bothered
To consider the source
Delusion and hallucinations
As we stare at our own faces
And swear that the reflection is a deception
And reject our glorious image
In the name of liberty and protection
The memories and mosaics
That hang on history's halls
Remnants of mirrors from the past
That still remain long after they fall...
Shattered glass splayed on the path
As our intentions are finally bared
Now we know...
The road to Hell
Is only paved with grief
All the way to the vanity fair
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©2015 Shon White
Scheme | AA XBXCXB DXXXX XEXX XXDED XCXBXX X XXX XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011010 111101 1001001 10111 00110101 110101 1111011 01010111 01000010 10010011 100111 0101101 1011001101 0111110 101110 111010 101001 01000010 111110110 011001010010 0011010010 00111000010 01000010 1111001 10110101 110111011 1011101 11001011001 111 0111 110111 101101001 1 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 916 |
Words | 175 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 6, 5, 4, 5, 6, 1, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on February 15, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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