Analysis of Fluoride Nation

Sassacus 1981



Too many blacks
killed by too many cops
leads to too many stacks
of bodies on the blocks
and internet hacks
i have nothing to say
i won't go riot
or block the freeway
i just go back
home each day
and wait
for the national anthem to play.


Scheme ABACADEDFDGD
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 111101 111101 110101 0101 111011 11110 1101 1111 111 01 101001011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 226
Words 49
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 187
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Written on June 06, 2016

Submitted on July 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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