Analysis of The System
Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)
Stuck in a cycle
Most can’t understand
Until it happens
To someone they know
We are the victims
What are the real truths
And who is to blame
In my opinion
It’s the taxpayers
For being so blind
Believing the lies
That they have been told
About a system
That will never work
One that actually
Creates criminals
Driven by money
Paid by taxpayers
For their protection
From its criminals
But I ask myself
Who are the real ones
And I do mean both
That is criminals
And of course victims
Edwin Tanguma 08/20/2002
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10010 1101 01110 1111 11010 11011 01111 01010 1010 11011 01001 11111 01010 11101 11100 01100 10110 1110 11010 11100 1111 11011 01111 11100 01110 10010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 533 |
| Words | 107 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 25, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 26 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Another one from the dark years picked at random…
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Written on August 20, 2002
Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on November 29, 2023
Modified by EdwinRayTanguma on November 29, 2023
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