Analysis of Level Playing Field
Level Playing Field
Ever notice how every field of play
Has no bumps, pot holes or hills
There are no obstacles
Getting in your way
Ready to ruin your running
A level playing field
Allows everyone a fair game
The kind of place
For fun and games
A real domain of democracy.
The retro version of the world
Restricts you within walls
Artificial fences and chains
Designed to limit you
Controlling your movement
To the point of no joy
And your dream of playing
Your best is arrested
Play is forbidden
In favor of a prison.
The game is designed for joy
Play is our natural state
We learn to get along
Bringing out our better angels
As we work together
The level playing field is
Awakening dreams
Free to roam at will
Smiling as we enjoy ourselves
As children of Heaven.
Copyright © 2023 Charles Edward York
No part of this poem may be used or reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any way or form or by any means electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise without the written permission of the author.*
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101 10101100111 1111111 111100 10011 10110110 010101 0110011 0111 1101 010110100 01010101 011011 0101001 011101 010110 101111 011110 111010 11100 0101010 0110111 11101001 111101 101101010 111010 0101011 01001 11111 101101001 110110 101101 111110111101100010101010010111111010100100010110010100101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,029 |
| Words | 194 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 10, 10, 10, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 33 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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The level playing field resembles democracy
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