Analysis of Bizarre Leaders
Many leaders of nations are weird beyond compare:
their manifest behavior is
bizarre extraordinaire.
Some kings have been such gluttons they gorged
till all whacked out; while their subjects were starving
they were crapulous with gout.
One emperor was so strange he thought he had new clothes
when he was bare-butt naked,
others he would indispose.
There are dictator tyrants who rule with vicious fist;
and murder, maim and torture
where the people can't resist.
Some democratic leaders mislead and then exploit.
Their techniques are more subtle,
yet they're simply maladroit.
Don't always follow leaders like lemmings off a cliff;
discern what is right and best,
find the answers to "what-if."
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010110110101 1100101 01010 111111011 11111110010 10111 1100111111111 1111110 10111 1101010111101 0101010 1010101 10101001011 1011110 111001 111010110101 0111101 1010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 678 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 563 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 15, 2023
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