Analysis of PsyOps



A word of innocence
couched in a comfy phrase
that lowers the sleepy eyelid.
But, under the covers of our minds,
It conjures the dark ghosts
who carry the fiery torches of hatred.


Scheme ABCDEF
Poetic Form
Metre 011100 100101 1100101 1100101101 110011 110010010110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 179
Words 33
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 143
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted on January 01, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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