Analysis of Black Mold
Intellectual larceny
the academic elite
Immune from indictment
inured and effete
They swing their false knowledge
like weapons to maim
The truth left in ashes
— their lies to inflame
(Septa R5: February, 2024)
| Scheme | ABXBXCXC A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0100100 001001 011010 01001 111110 11011 011010 11101 101100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 212 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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