Analysis of Sincerest Form Of Shame
Plagiarism self-inflicted,
it blinds veracity
keeping us forever
in the dark
To wander in costume
as others unnamed,
their vision
to herald and hark
In shadows of obscurity
doubt crossing fear,
we steal
what can’t be bought
Reflecting false images
by our hand
chasing
—what can’t be caught
(Radnor Pennsylvania: March, 2021)
| Scheme | XAXBXXXBAXXCXXXC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001010 110100 101010 001 110001 11001 110 11001 0110100 1101 11 1111 0101100 1101 10 1111 100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 317 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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