Analysis of Royalty's Inferiority



Bow on your knees where you belong.
Kneel to the king when you know its wrong.
The jester laughs as he juggles.
Encased in a mindless power struggle.
He’s part of the show that must go on,
because the masters attention span wont last long
He follows whatever he’s heard.
Inclined to speak but can’t say a word.
Forced to perform he’s the sideshow act.
He has the best set of eyes covered in cataracts.
The costume he wears lowers his esteem.
Once a human being who had real dreams.
Does his best to make royalty smile,
and in the end it's only he who doesn’t feel worthwhile.


Scheme AABCDAEEFGHIJJ
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 110111111 01011110 0100101010 111011111 010100101111 1101011 011111101 11011011 110111110010 0011110101 1010101111 111111001 0001110111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 572
Words 108
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 449
Words per stanza (avg) 108
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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