Analysis of Wicked Humans Need Enemies
Jeffrey Powell 1979 (Pittsburgh, PA)
When strong, appear weak
if preparing for war.
When forgetting the Tao,
make events to abhor.
The blackouts expound
crises– lay of the land.
Contracting the common,
the supply and demand.
Indefinite peace
is extended cease-fire.
Sinister strategies
intensify quagmire.
Super armies must
nefariously cause
the stark, needless schisms;
repeat the Act of Dawes.
What's in the cards will
surpass the Holocaust;
coming tribulations:
Desolation unglossed.
When secret societies
mandate a slave race,
observe as your neighbors
are wiped off Earth's face.
| Scheme | XABA XCXC XDED XXXX XXXB EFXF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
| Metre | 11011 101011 101001 101101 0101 101101 100010 001001 01001 1010110 100100 01010 10101 11 011010 010111 10011 01010 10010 0101 1100100 1011 011110 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 554 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Doesn't it seem like World War III is here now?
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