Analysis of Checked!



Praised as having the ability,
To instigate and promote civil unrest.

Assumed and alleged,
To have negative racist and bigoted opinions...
About ethnic diversity.

Accused of being,
A self-centered, narcissistic egoist.
With his own glam squad.
Hired 24 hours a day full time.
And said to pledge allegiance to himself.
As well as being a betrayer of rules and laws.

Claims to be blessed as the chosen one.
The only one that can fix everything.

Says into mural mirrors,
Adorning all the walls in his home.
How great he is to be such a genius!

'So...
What is the problem?'

Well...
He repeatedly says he is innocent,
Of evidence and proof revealed.
That he is a corrupted, deceiving...
Immoral lieing treasonous demon.
Although...
Those devoted and loyal to him.
Crushed under a bus.
With a spewing of indignities towards them.
Protest.
To disbelieve any of this proven publicly,
Had been done with premeditated malice.
And what he has done is no different,
Than a juvenile delinquent.
Misunderstood and going through puberty.

'And...
Even though we find his qualifications,
Impeccable.
Outstanding without a doubt.
Why is he being treated,
Like today's average common criminal?
What has he done so bad,
To have his background scrutinize this way.'

'First of all...
He displays anger and hate,
Towards authority.'

'He is not only extremely entertaining...
But also suspected of not having knowledge,
Of historic events.
Makes up stuff to delude and fiction.'

'Okay. Who doesn't.
Most children do.
Go on.'

'He has this unexplainable love for dictators.'

'Plus...
Some perceive his ongoing activities,
Come from someone...
Observe to be severely mentally touched!'

'That's what bothers me.
I don't understand.
His qualities,
Proven to be verified are perfect!
Who else could there be,
To represent better this society we live in...
In which the people choose and want,
Someone to represent their interests...
With such enthusiastic abnormality.
That has become for many,
A way of life they have begun to love?
What...
Can anyone tell me,
What is the problem here?
Why are so many afraid of the future?'

'Some who opposed this direction,
Say it going back to repeat the past.'

'And again...
For the last time.
Moving back to the future.
Or...
Traveling fast back to the past?
What difference does it make.
Aren't we all eventually reaching,
That final destination?
Geeessshhh.
People given entitlements,
Don't know what they want!
Today it's this toy.
Tomorrow there's another toy to destroy!'


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Poetic Form
Metre 111000100 1100011001 01001 11100100100010 01100100 01110 01100101 11111 10100111 0111010101 11110011101 111110101 010111110 1011010 010101011 1111111010 1 11010 1 10100111100 11000101 1110010010 0101110 1 101001011 11001 101010100011 1 1001101110100 1111010010 0111111100 10100010 0010101100 0 1011110010 0100 100101 1111010 10110010100 111111 11111011 111 1011001 010100 11110010010 110010111010 101001 111101010 1110 1101 11 111010011010 1 1011100100 111 01110101001 11101 1101 1100 101110101 11111 1011010100110 01010101 1101110 1100100100 1101110 0111110111 1 11011 110101 11110011010 11011010 1110110101 001 1011 1011010 1 10011101 1100111 10110100010 110010 1 10100100 11111 01111 0110101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 2,607
Words 535
Sentences 76
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 6, 2, 3, 2, 15, 8, 3, 4, 3, 1, 4, 15, 2, 13
Lines Amount 86
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Written on November 16, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on November 16, 2023

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