Analysis of Judge, Jury, and Executioner



"To be or not to be," reads not too extreme -
When taught what not to be is all that I've been.
I tear out my heart for a pound of flesh.
I cannot take it until I'm the best.

A normal path is the fate of the damned.
I deserve death as I currently am.
Try as I might, struggle as I so do
I am a failure - and they know it too:
Those with sympathy dripping from their lips.
They say I'm fine; I say they're full of shit.

Things they can do, I should do much better.
The fact that I can't proves that I'm lesser.
My vengeance will make arteries sever -
Veins will open like a scarlet letter.

That's what I'd get for being so worthless;
To be royal is my only purpose.
If I can't fully fulfill this service,
I never should've left Mother's cervix.

My will is supreme, but counts for nothing.
Yet, in my dreams, I could count for something.
The masses can embrace, with tiny minds,
Those who deceive, but turn all their blind eyes

To me, who could lead: regal and divine.
So that my memory may never die,
And I can finally escape this life.


Scheme XXXX XXAAXX BBBB CCCX DDXX XXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11111111101 11111111111 1111110111 1101101101 0101101101 1011111001 1111101111 1101001111 1110010111 1111111111 1111111110 0111111110 1101110010 1110101010 1111110110 1110111010 1111001110 1101011010 1110111110 1011111110 0101011101 1101111111 1111110001 1111001101 0111000111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,049
Words 235
Sentences 17
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 130
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted by BlaireWitch1888 on December 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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