Analysis of The False (4th) Estate
“Truth
a distraction”
the media pouts
Constricting
those voices
trying to shout
Dumber
than dumb
brain dead by degree
Digging new graves
for the few
— still left free
(Dreamsleep: April, 2024)
| Scheme | XXXXXXXXAXXA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1 0010 01001 010 110 1011 10 11 11101 1011 101 111 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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