Analysis of Deconstruction of the Mind
Listening forcefully to the voices of men transformed to children,
screaming, crying, yelling, not willing to admit their sorrow,
their dreams of a different tomorrow,
so they condone their childish ways and temper tantrum days,
and believe repentance and forgiveness will soon follow,
but for now they will drown in a sort of premeditated sorrow,
for, if their pain was heartfelt and true,
not to be the judge of any of you,
but wouldn't they cry at night, alone, as I do,
should we not be embarrassed of the paths we choose,
if the paths lead us to confinement,
with the only gesture of the day,
is a person obligated to bring us our food,
I lie awake every night,
listening uncontrollably to grown men with blurred sight,
attack the walls and ask the doors to fight,
is this the only way to succeed through strife?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010010101101110 101010110101110 111010001 11011101010101 00101000101110 1111110011010010 11111101 1110111011 110111101111 111101010111 101111010 101010101 1010100111101 11011001 1000100111111 0101010111 11010110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 801 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 648 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 146 |
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Submitted on August 10, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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