Analysis of Figure of Speech
Just a figure of speech is the going rate today,
To say what you mean and not mean what you say.
Promises, promises, no bond to your word,
None requiring you to answer for broken promises heard.
A very fitting speech, profound words goodly spoken,
Hearts won over, not expecting they'll be broken.
Words are promises to carry out until done,
Rock-a-bye America, you gullable one.
Loudly proclaimed from your empty black hole,
Your words, just a figure of speech in bold.
| Scheme | AABBCCCCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010111010101 11111011111 10010011111 1010011101101001 0101010111010 111010101110 111001101011 1010100111 1001111011 1110101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 462 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 370 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
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