Analysis of Roman Holiday
An entertainment pleasure enjoyed with some dismay
is a sadistic measure:
the Roman Holiday.
Humans as lion cuisine once filled the stadium.
Beheadings by guillotine
keyed a mass medium.
Public hangings in the square gave many front row seats.
Brutal floggings anywhere
gave many quickened beats.
Legion martyrs burned at stake fed flames and eager eyes.
Amputations meant to break
offered little disguise.
The fans of barbarity acquired projective thrills.
In spite of atrocity
they indulged in the kills.
Boxing, hockey, football sports are sanctioned interplay.
Substitution now supports
the Roman Holiday.
Scheme | abAcdcefeghgijiakA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101010011101 1001010 01010 1011001110100 010110 101100 1010001110111 10110 110101 1010111110101 010111 101001 01101000100101 0110100 101001 10101111010 010101 01010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 592 |
Words | 92 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 504 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 92 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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