Analysis of Failing Hope
When a soul is mated with the cosmos
that entity has found its purpose
A knowing which defies definitions
by the so-called wise ones with gumptions
In a free world, a person can
quibble free of stigma
Yet, over-knowledge could make of such an enigma
as most who really know, speak even less
Unless specifically appealed to,
to such in-formation share
To wist a pleasant world exists
albeit a heist and plunder surmise
The reign of the marauders
Leaving wits of the denizen in demise
A lot of pain could drive one insane
Indeed, like a grain of truth
Encrusted with lies from an endless supply
When one is taken to places unknown
The seeds of fear are quite hastily sowed
To ramble I think is only fair
When a fellow has no power to change effect
I pray that the planet Earth endures
I hope for a cure during our tenure
...The aliens are watching.
Scheme | AXXA XBBXXC XDXD XXXXX CXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101010 110011110 010101010 10111111 00110101 101110 1101011111010 1111011101 010100011 1100101 11010101 0100101001 0110010 10110100001 011111101 0110111 01011111001 1111011001 0111111001 110111101 101011101101 111010101 11101101010 0100110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 823 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 4, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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