Analysis of Three Messages
A Bigger Threat
Incompetence…
much more dangerous than corruption
—when skillfully applied
(Note To The President-October, 2013)
A Greater Wrong
Within a lesser right
there is a greater wrong
—begging to get out
(Villanova Pennsylvania: Watching the 60 Minutes
Episode on Benghazi - October 27th, 2013)
As our resolve hardened
—the viewing platform changed
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October 28th, 2013)
Scheme | X XXX X A XAX XB XX B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101 0100 111001010 110001 11010010 0101 010101 110101 10111 01001010010 101101011 1100110 01011 01001001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 436 |
Words | 60 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 41 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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