Analysis of they
... they are the nameless
the suggestors
the invisible advisors
because if “they say”, then that’s how it is
... no faces
yet resounding words
they echo in our heads
are they conscience?
puppet masters
influencing our actions
we’d stake our lives on it,
... because they say
manipulating the spineless
a mirage of wisdom to fools
quoting quotes of the quoted
they say it... we repeat it
our fair weather reference
the convenient alibi
a rumour circulated
returning modified to suit the occasion
who are they... but us?
| Scheme | AABX XXXC BXDX AXXD CXXX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010 01 00100010 0111111111 110 10101 1100101 1110 1010 1001010 1110111 0111 0100010 00111011 1011010 1111011 10110100 001010 00100 01010110010 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 507 |
| Words | 86 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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