Analysis of Charlatan
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
He lives in a house full of snakes,
Charlatan, conman, the ultimate fake.
He loves them all, or so it seems,
Treating them like family, fulfilling his dreams.
But beneath the surface, a secret lies,
Hidden away from prying eyes.
A dark and terrible truth he buries,
Like the venomous snakes he carries.
His love for them, a twisted facade,
A mask to hide the truth so flawed.
The snakes, a symbol, of his deceit,
A warning sign for all who meet.
His secret, a weight, he cannot bear,
A burden, he can't help but share.
In the end, it will consume him whole,
An inevitable fate, he can't control.
So he plays his game, with skill and grace,
Convincing others of his warm embrace.
But the snakes, they know the truth,
A warning to all, in search of proof.
Charlatan, conman, soon to fall,
Exposed, for all to see, his downfall.
His house of snakes, a symbol of his lies,
A warning to all, to beware the disguise
Scheme | XXAA BBCC XXDD EEFF GGXX HHBB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11001111 100101001 11111111 101110001011 1010100101 10011101 0101001110 101001110 111101001 01110111 010101101 01011111 110011101 01011111 001110111 10100011101 111111101 0101011101 1011101 010110111 1001111 01111111 1111010111 01011101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 914 |
Words | 197 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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