Analysis of Ends And Means
Ends don't justify the means when methods are unfair.
Machiavellian cunning and bad faith laid bare.
Abstract philosophies are often doctrinaire.
They obfuscate and confuse making things unclear.
Political posturing appears quite debonair.
A deceptive distortion, just blowing hot air.
Adherents of cultism try to lure and ensnare.
They wish to entangle souls, the caution: "beware."
Urbane sophistication can be devil-may-care.
A pretentious attitude in the whole affair.
Limited people get by on wings and a prayer.
They are ever dependent on public welfare.
Staunch religiosity with truth cannot compare.
An empty set of rituals to later forswear.
Scheme | AA AX AA AA AA AA AA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111001110101 001001001111 01010011001 11000110101 010010001101 001001011011 01011111001 111010101001 010010111011 00101000101 100101111001 11100101101 100100111001 1101110011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 637 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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