Analysis of Swamp eyes
Stephen Knox 1970 (Bygland)
Who makes these rules for this world that we live.
Extracting from us things we never would give.
They’re tied to a time back far as it goes.
They have methods to control us that nobody knows.
Kemet, then Babylon is from which they did rise.
I see all they’ve done through heterochromian eyes.
Separate from those, that we think are in charge.
This group has grown smaller, but was never large.
The things I won’t tell of would give you a fright
Those that should know have been granted the sight.
The positive side of our nature will rise.
Letting us see them without their disguise.
The light that is coming, will show that their grift.
Must come to an end as the world begins to shift.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111111 01011111011 1110111111 11101011111 1110111111 11111111 1011111101 11111011101 01111111101 1111111001 010011101011 1011101101 01111011111 111111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 711 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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