Analysis of Today



I got hit with an AK-47.
A bunch of other kids got cut-up too.
I'd rather sit at home and die
of radiation from my computer,
than to go to school again
                                   and become a ghoul.

It's not funny.  Learning is so frightening
today.  All the cameras brother has and
still, we are not safe.  I'd hate to be a
target/kid today.

There is a cure but, they won't figure it out.
"Give 'em more guns.  Give 'em more guns."
Is all they shout.
Well listen here friend let's just say.
We gotta fix this thing today.
And.
Take 'em all guns.  Take 'em all guns.
Just take 'em all away.
Take all the guns away.


Scheme AXXXXX ABXC DEDCCBECC
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 0111011111 11011101 101011010 1111101 00101 11101011100 01101001010 1111111110 10101 11011111011 11111111 1111 11011111 11011101 0 11111111 111101 110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 604
Words 117
Sentences 18
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 9
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 144
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Submitted on June 16, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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David Ehrgott

There are two types of words in the english language. A: the written word and B: the spoken word. There once was a time that they mirrored each other. Unfortunately, the higher learning schools today concentrate on what makes them the most money. Which is: professional sports learning. Thus, destroying what once was a proper education. Since the spoken word will now never reflect the written word, we must change the written word to reflect the spoken word. Because people just don't talk like dat no mo'. more…

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