Analysis of Terror In Paradise



When you wish upon a star.
No where near to where are.
And that star speeds away,
As fast as it is seen.
Then you begin to hear people scream.
Turn down the music,
Playing loud in your ears.
Remove your ear buds.
Then to notice making it clear,
Those stars to see,
Appearing getting closer...
In the night time sky.
Sounding more like a gun shooting bullets.
Know this not to wonder,
That's exactly what they are.

Although...
In many neighborhoods looking peaceful,
During the day.
When night comes,
And heard crickets begin to chirp?
They are not crickets chirping. No!
They are gangbangers.
Out to prove,
The police when called.
And TV news reporters arrive.
They become stars of their own making!

'So...
You guys are getting,
More creative at this.
Look at the faces of the neighbors.
Shocked.
And that dude over there.
With that cellphone in his hand.
Trembling.
Tell our viewers, DJ Jupiter...
Why the gun activity?
Between you,
And The First Pew Mob?
Even with fake police.
Why?
Tell us...me... and the viewers.
Why?'

'Publicity, promotion and 'likes'.'

'I see.
Something new?
Something mind blowing?'

'OH yes!
Piping hot.
It's about to drop.
Let it boom boyz!'

'Ooo nice.
I love it.
What is this one called?'

'Terror In Paradise'

'There you have it, folks.
I'm here with DJ Jupiter.
And The First Pew Mob.
With yet another informal introduction.
TERROR IN PARADISE.
I'm loving it.
And I am sure,
You viewers will too be loving it soon.
Thank you, DJ Jupiter.
Thank you, First Pew Boyz!
That's a wrap!

Will you please call me next time.
Before you pull a stunt like this.
I just knew this was another,
Ghetto 'thing'.'

'Exactly!
You got it from both sides.
That's why 'Terror In Paradise',
Promises to be my biggest hit EVER!


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Poetic Form
Metre 1110101 111111 011101 111111 110111101 11010 101011 01111 11101011 1111 0101010 00111 1011011010 111110 1010111 1 010101010 1001 111 01100111 11110101 11100 111 00111 011101001 101111110 1 11110 101011 110101010 1 011101 1110011 100 110101100 1010100 011 00111 101101 1 110010 1 010001001 11 101 10110 11 101 10111 1111 11 111 11111 10010 11111 1111100 00111 11010010010 10010 1101 0111 1101111011 111100 11111 101 1111111 01110111 11111010 101 010 111111 1110010 10011110110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,659
Words 314
Sentences 62
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 15, 11, 16, 1, 3, 4, 3, 1, 11, 4, 4
Lines Amount 73
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted by lpahtillah on July 20, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:34 min read
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