Analysis of Dw8236
D for degraded, swept along
the carpet of nameless faces,
stripped to the soul, and beyond,
if they could, they try anyway everyday.
Ignoring questions if their mood's not right,
looking past the eyes as if you didn't exist,
but we do, they know that,
we're their porridge, we eat ours,
they bathe in theirs, soaking up
the power games, secret smiles.
W for wishing it had all happened differently,
the road that led to dehumanised.
The thoughts of 'if' and 'but'
that alter the past a thousand times
until you realise that this isn't a dream,
but reality's nightmare, sugar-coated
with goals and get in line.
8 for the time to suffer their breakfast,
enough to make you hungry, that's all,
a choice of cheap one thing or another,
but at least it's a choice in this place
where everything's on paper, but
reality has different ideas to that!
2 for two-timed by life
as your back was turned,
she kicked you while sleep took you
in a drunken haze
and then she slapped you with time;
to think, to get your act together,
to prepare you for failure
in a snake-pit of torment.
3 for that freedom cry that echoes
through dreams in restless nights
and then you're awake to the routine again,
for the breakdown of time into segments
of morning, afternoon and night,
no continuous stroll that used to keep your pace.
6 for the six times a day they open you up,
if you're lucky enough to get exercise!
The breakfast cut, the education tuck,
the dinner fold, the tea-time slice,
the last cup of tea and then,
you're stitched up until the next day
decides to operate again in earnest.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 01011010 1101001 1111110101 0101011111 101011111001 111111 11101110 1101101 0101101 10011011110100 011111 011101 110010101 0111111001 1111010 110101 101110110 011111011 0111111010 111101011 1101101 10110001011 11111 11111 1111111 00101 0111111 111111010 1011110 001111 11101110 110101 01101100101 101110110 1100101 101001111111 10110111011 1110011110 010100101 01010111 0111101 11101011 111001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,528 |
Words | 286 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 7, 6, 8, 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on June 04, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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