Analysis of Blindfolded
Dying the slow death of political infection,
it hides within our words
As we try to run, and try to hide,
its plague a constant scourge
Poisoning the water, despoiling our thoughts,
all freedom it commands
Directing the folly, conscripting all joy
—our blindfold it demands
(Dreamsleep: August, 2019)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001110100010 1101101 111110111 110101 1000101101 110101 010010111 101101 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 294 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 48 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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