Analysis of Ego



Ego is an impostor pretending to be real.
Ego is a charlatan
with quackery appeal.
Ego is a pseudonym for an impious state.
Ego is sacrilegious
to mock and imitate.
Ego is duplicity with "doubleness" of thought.
Ego is double-dealer
leaving many distraught.
Ego is a hypocrite who's sanctimonious.
Ego is a deceiver
who's disingenuous.
Ego is a "Robin Hood" using a poison dart.
Ego is a thespian
of histrionic art.
Ego is a basilisk of mythical report.
Ego is a hippogriff
without a life support.


Scheme ABACDCEFEGFGHBHIJI
Poetic Form
Metre 1011010010111 1010100 110001 101010110101 101010 11010 10101001111 1011010 101001 10101010100 10101 100100 1010101100101 1010100 10101 10101110001 10101 010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 480
Words 86
Sentences 12
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 393
Words per stanza (avg) 86
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Submitted on January 13, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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