Analysis of What Had Been Disbelieved



What had been disbelieved,
Is today accepted as normalcy.
And no longer are steps made miles away,
To legalize craze.
With deceiving disciples being praised.
For their determination to overthrow,
Truth to remove from reality to use.
Or speak of it.
Most these days consider a crime committed.

Increasingly,
Liars everywhere are selling their tales.
And delusions to deny,
A mental illness sold that thrives.
Yet claim does not exist.
As a way of life allowed.
Promoted to permit.
Destroying what had one time been,
Remembered as reliable consciousness.
With common sense to regard today,
A threat to avoid by any means necessary.

'What has happened to truth?
It had been easily found to find,
On sale at the mall of all places.'

'Times have changed.
And that truth has now become,
A division of The Department of Justice.
At a price few can pay or afford,
To bargain and expect to have their way.'

'Oh. Okay!
At least I know where to go and expect,
My interest in truth to be protected.'

'Not only that.
But being laughed at is free.
With no expense for you to pay.'

'Unbelievable these days have become.'

'Tell me about it.
You can say that again.'

'Unbelievable these days have become.'

'And...
Incredible as it is.
Tax free too!'

'Would I lie to you?'

'And be an exception?
Who would want,
That kind of attention to get?
Just to prove a destroying,
Of their own credibility!'

'Uh...I...
Huh? What?'

'I'm joking.
Look at you.
So serious.
Are we not all Americans?'

'I don't know how I should take that.'

'As a compliment.
Of course.
Geessshhh.
How else would you take it?


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111 1010101100 0110111101 1101 1010010101 110010110 110111011 1111 11101001010 0100 101011011 0010101 01010111 111101 1011101 010101 01011111 01010100100 110110101 011011101100 111011 111100111 111011110 111 0111101 001010010110 101111101 1100011111 11 1111111001 1100111010 1101 1101111 11011111 010011101 11011 111101 010011101 0 0100111 111 11111 011010 111 11101011 1110010 1110100 1 11 110 111 1100 11110100 11111111 10100 11 1 111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,525
Words 295
Sentences 49
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 9, 11, 3, 5, 3, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 5, 2, 4, 1, 4
Lines Amount 58
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted by lpahtillah on June 03, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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