Analysis of Epitaph For Society
Into the shadow of yester night,
One’s emotions and thoughts did take flight,
Yesterday can harm no more.
Tomorrow’s unknowns are yet in store.
Today, each one must make their way,
To pray, play and earn their pay.
Of commandments and laws, plenty we have,
Out of love and ethics is how we behave.
Those breaking societies codes and living loose,
Are allowed to exist, for them there is no noose.
What hope for caring people who try and sometimes fail,
When crooked leaders, influencers and gangsters prevail?
What future can we offer the children of tomorrow,
With life today bereft for hope and filled with sorrow?
No Pope, No Queen, No President, No Leader in any domain,
Can make things right when greed drives their ambitious gain.
Good children of tomorrow, who survive the coming carnage,
Forget the past, work together and forge a bright new age.
Amen.
Scheme | AABBCC XXDDEE FFGGXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101111 101001111 101111 01011101 01111111 1110111 1010011011 11101011101 110010010101 101101111111 1111010110011 11010101001 1101110010101 1101011101110 111111011001001 111111110101 11010110101010 01011010010111 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 866 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 227 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
About this poem
With the world on the brink of another war and conflict hot spots around the globe, pandemics and the doomsday clock ticking away just under 2 minutes to midnight, it's time to pause and take a step backwards.
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Written on February 07, 2022
Submitted by PolarPaddy on February 07, 2022
Modified on March 24, 2023
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