Analysis of Slaves
What a waste we are
calm collected and rounded
herded as sheep by dogs
eat from the bowl
drink from the cup
lead into oblivious bliss
our fortunes are all ready told
where our no is not acknowledged
eat from the bowl
drink from the cup
told of wrongs by another
fed all lies our weekly supper
made to believe in what?
Eat from the bowl
drink from the cup
| Scheme | xxx AB xxx AB ccx AB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
| Metre | 10111 1010010 101111 1101 1101 10101001 101011101 110111010 1101 1101 1111010 111101010 110101 1101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 343 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted by tommydavey on August 21, 2021
Modified by tommydavey on August 21, 2021
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