Analysis of Meant Us For (Remembrance Day Poem)



I'm going to the legion
where soldiers drink in fear
And stories being told aloud
are never what you'd hear

That all who had a hand
in what was once called war
Were timid to the sound of it
and anxious to be tore

That every drink went down for it
when memories marked the horror
And every thought of better now
was just what they could pour

So ask yourself what's in a drink
and offer yourself more
And fight the problems in the world
each soldier meant us for

note:  Soldiers are always a last resort.
They are failures we thank for all they
did with all our hearts.  They are our
heroes; our protectors and our guiding
lights.  They remind us we are soldiers
there for them.


Scheme XXXX XABA BCXA XAXA XXCXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1101010 110101 01010101 110111 111101 011111 01010111 010111 110011111 11001010 010011101 111111 11011001 010011 01010001 110111 110110101 111011111 1111011110 101001001010 110111110 111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 655
Words 130
Sentences 4
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 6
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 107
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

War is day to day life. Don't wait for the weapons to be used.

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Written on November 06, 2021

Submitted by Poetbird on November 06, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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