Analysis of What We Hate



We must use the word hate for the extreme feeling state
aroused when some subjugate
the innocent to harm
We must eliminate child abuse from any slate
adults could perpetrate
on these defenseless ones
We must be the advocate for animals who can't summate
conditions which violate
humane treatment and care
We must domesticate, help couples communicate
prevent spousal altercate
make harmony at home
We must eradicate rogue nations that dominate
to exploit and strangulate
free people from living
We must repudiate and then incapacitate
behaviors that deprecate
or cause anyone harm


Scheme AABAACAADAAEAAFAAB
Poetic Form
Metre 1110111001101 011110 010011 110101011101 01110 110101 11101001100111 0101100 011001 11010110010 01101 110011 11010110110 11010 110110 11010010010 010110 11101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 563
Words 92
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 487
Words per stanza (avg) 92
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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