Analysis of Explicit Is The Illness



Explicit is the illness,
A thoughtlessness contributes.
This only takes one unaware.
And effectively unconscious.
Spreading assumptions.
That attracts distracted actors,
Performing acts without facts.
Diseasing minds gone way off track.

Only a miracle,
Will bring minds like that back.
From a distorted view of life.
Convinced to follow,
Tour guides solicited to delude...
A trip that blinds,
Truth to exclude refusing to accept.
Regardless if this journey taken,
Has them sinking in quicksand.
Yet told to expect,
Each step forward made...
Will be an experience that brings benefits.

If...
They all remain patient enough,
To await...
For the bottom to eventually,
Be reached and stopped.
With awarding them,
Prosperity to discover...
Their own pot of gold,
At that mountaintop to keep it envisioned!

'Uh...
I hate to be the only one,
Who is perceived to be negative...
About this fantastic adventure.
But...
I have decided to stay grounded.
Since I have heard,
Many who have taken this journey...
For whatever the reason disappeared.
With no one to hear,
Another word from them again.'

'Do as you wish.
However...
How many do you know,
Will announce where they found...
Their own pot of gold?
And...
With their name,
Glistening brighter than any bling ever seen?'

'And this...
You have personally witnessed?'

'My job you may question with suspicion,
Is that of a hired messenger.
That's it.'

'You must be paid very well,
To sell such nonsense.'

'Oh?
So...
You want this to get personal?
You want to take this to that low level!'

'Not at all.
I'm not into rumors to gossip.
Or verifiable innuendos.
That's what I do.
To first observe before I make a move!


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Poetic Form
Metre 0101010 01010 1101101 0010010 10010 10101010 0101011 111111 100100 111111 10010111 01110 110100101 0111 1101010101 010111010 111001 11101 11101 111010011100 1 11011001 101 1010101000 1101 10101 01001010 11111 1110111010 1 11110101 110111100 011010010 1 11101110 1111 101110110 11001001 11111 01011101 1111 10 110111 101111 11111 0 111 100101101101 01 11100010 1111101010 111010100 11 1111101 11110 1 1 11111100 1111111110 111 110110110 110000010 1111 1101011101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,592
Words 283
Sentences 46
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 8, 12, 9, 11, 8, 2, 3, 2, 4, 5
Lines Amount 64
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 127
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted by lpahtillah on June 04, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:24 min read
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