Analysis of Pompous Display
Stark words in convinced display, seamlessly well defined
they like to make a lot of sense from way deep within
where the substance appears solid and fully blessed
but behind the fashionable bricked and cool facade
they, in fact, may cover up a sucking emptiness.
The heart shielded and shut with utter pretense,
fearing its treasures might be stealthily taken,
will end up with nothing, for not opening,
its richness sums up to a bleak defense,
like the boosts of stocks, value faking.
By staying stinted and not permissive
the core dries out and falls apart.
Fulfillment needs a giving start.
| Scheme | XXXXX AXBAB XCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100101100101 1111011111101 101001100101 1010100010101 1011101010100 01100111001 1011011110 11111011100 1101110101 101111010 110101010 01110101 01010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 582 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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