Analysis of Neuroleptic Skeptic
Jeffrey Powell 1979 (Pittsburgh, PA)
It’s just a little pill
that they say will fix your nerves;
An antipsychotic
- which will normalize your aim.
“We need you to fit in
and we need you to be tame.”
So take it every day
while the casuist observes.
They don’t have any proof
but it probably won’t hurt.
Just trust they know what’s best
- you’ll get used to side effects.
This simple, latest guess
– that can’t promise it won’t vex –
Is just a no-think shot
to help put you in the dirt.
Scheme | XAXB XBXA XCXX XXXC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 1111111 11 111011 111110 0111111 1111001 10101 111101 1110011 111101 1111101 110101 1110111 110111 1111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 473 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
Are psychiatric patients becoming psychoactive captives?
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