Analysis of Papers, please



  ""Papers, Please.
And, watch your pronouns or I'll turn you in as Diseased."

"Papers, please.
Without them you can't work, go to school, buy, sell, or Eat."

"Papers, please.
Or I'll shut this business down on the Count of three!  1.  2.  3."

"Papers, please.
Don't tell me you're one of those people who thinks you can walk around breathing freely?"

"Papers, please.
Who said you could write a poem without fact checkers telling you what is "safe" to believe or feel?"

"Papers, please.
You'll need Papers to fill out
Food stamp papers to get Relief Papers; because your pre-existing
Condition bars you from getting Papers. Do you See?"

"Papers, please.
Without Papers, you can't move freely around the country to GET
Papers on WHy you don't have Papers. What, exactly is so hard to believe?"

"Papers, please.
You are BARRED from emigrating from your own country; because you need papers explaining why
We took your passport & invalidated it & why you wanted to LEAVE. See?"

"Papers, please.
What do you mean you didn't get on Paper all the people who told you "Papers, Please"? Without those names on Paper, you can't prove anyone said "Papers, Please" & I can't let you emigrate freely.

"Papers, please.
You're being arrested for trying to escape your own country. The sentences range, depending on the Papers you have, on 15 years to 3.
    And don't worry about those people walking into the country without papers.
     We respect their Dignity.

We're not monsters.'


Scheme Ax Ax Ab Ab Ax Axxb Axx Axb Ab Axcb c
Poetic Form
Metre 101 0111011110101 101 0111111111111 101 111110110111 101 11111111011111011010 101 111110100111010111110111 101 1110111 11101101100111010 0101111010111 101 0110111100101011 1011111101010111101 101 1111100111100111100101 1111010011110111 101 111111011101010111101011111011110110111111010 101 110010110101111001001010101011111 01100111010010100110 1011100 1110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,538
Words 288
Sentences 32
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 3, 2, 4, 1
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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January 2022

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Submitted by Censored2Death on January 01, 2022

Modified by Censored2Death on January 02, 2022

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