Analysis of questions



Questions, so many questions
Why, what,  how
Remembering old questions, so many questions
Why is there a statue of boots? a hat?  a rifle?
 The boots that signified the Soldier's last march onto the battlefield
The hat represented what the Soldier stood for
 and that their battle is now over
The rifle denotes that the Soldier went down fighting
Questions and answers, so many questions

An answer, something much more important than the question asked
What do the coins on the grave mean?
 Pennys, nickels, dimes, and quarters
Pennies, you visited their grave
Nickels, you and the deceased soldier trained at boot camp together
Dimes, you served alongside them
Quarters, you were there when the soldier fell
we are not curious about the question, but it's the answer we crave

How many
2,401 Afghanistan
40,000 Korea
58,220 Vietnam
Questions, we all have questions, so  many questions
Keep asking for there will never be enough answers
All gave some , but some gave all


Scheme AXAXXXBXA XXCDBXXD XXXXACX
Poetic Form
Metre 1011010 111 010011011010 111011101010 011100101110010 01010101011 011101110 0100110101110 1001011010 110101101010101 11011011 1101010 10110011 1010001101111010 1110111 1010110101 111100010101101011 110 010 010 01 101111011010 1101111010110 1111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 979
Words 176
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 9, 8, 7
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 258
Words per stanza (avg) 55

About this poem

its a poem about veterans

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Written on November 08, 2021

Submitted by katekachnik on November 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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