Analysis of Keep the Lid On
Keep the Lid On
There is no reason to throw away years of progress for a momentary,
fit of anger,
you will not obtain a profit from rioting in the street,
Do not play into the hands who would like to turn the situation,
to their means,
and roll good laws retrograde.
Keep the lid on for your own good as well,
I have no snake oil to sell,
acting in your own interest keeps your freedom free.
So far you have shown great restraint,
that's more than I can say for the Memphis police,
indictments have been made the guilty will pay.
a time for calm and reason © 10 mins ago, Terence Cummings Smith justice
Scheme | XAXX XXX BBA XXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011 11110110111110100 1110 111010101100001 1110101111110010 111 011110 1011111111 1111111 100111011101 11111101 111111101001 01011101011 01110101011010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 660 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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a time for restraint and reason
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