Analysis of Rebels Against lllegitimacy



Through prostitution of usage
All words have become spurious.
We first raped their souls
Then we debouched them with gold,
What remains of meaning
In their hollow body
Which we peddle for sale.
I am at the crossroads of letters,
Brooding over the new bastards of meaning.
Though born in brothels
They will rebel against their illegitimacy.
And declining to pawn their character
They will become
Legitimate fathers of legitimate children.


Scheme ABCDEFGHEIFJKL
Poetic Form
Metre 1010110 11101100 11111 111111 101110 011010 111011 11101110 10100110110 11010 111001101000 0010111100 1101 0100101010010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 424
Words 71
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 360
Words per stanza (avg) 71
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Submitted on March 11, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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