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 |
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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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