Analysis of Independence Day



Groans upon the darkest night
streaking lights up there
rooftop jets defending turf
neighbors pull their hair.

Four pm the siren sounds
two hours to get home
midnight now
nobody sleeps
explosions the new dawn

here's a mountain silhouetted
background orange sky
power to civilian places
gone away it's fried

big bonfire down the street
grabbing what they need
torches fly by on a jeep
keep going there
good-bye

rocks come through the window

laser beams arrive
tapping at the basement
dog whines wants to hide

All of this not happening
again this year
because

on the Fourth we gather
with fireworks and fuse
explosions in our nature
when time runs out for tools   

the tree of liberty survives
we feed it all the time   
impatient for the moment
decides we live or die.   


Scheme XAXA XXXXX XBXC XXXAB X XDC XXX EXEX XXDB
Poetic Form
Metre 1010101 10111 110101 10111 1110101 110111 11 11 010011 1010010 1101 10101010 10111 110101 10111 1011101 1101 11 111010 10101 101010 11111 1111100 0111 01 101110 1101 01001010 111111 01110001 111101 0101010 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 790
Words 149
Sentences 3
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 4, 5, 1, 3, 3, 4, 4
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 69
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Written on July 10, 2023

Submitted by Davidlind on September 21, 2022

Modified by Davidlind on July 10, 2023

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