Analysis of Masters of War
I see their hard cold steel eyes,
in every place of conflict and hate.
In places where innocent lives are torn and shattered,
these pagan gods abound.
Soulless ones, thoughts measured in profit and loss,
Damn the human cost.
I see the ribs pronounced of starving children,
with solemn, eyes.
Helpless, hopeless children,
await their fate.
While the masters of war are feasting, laughing,
in their mansions fine.
A young mother wails ,
over her dying child.
Profit margins are increasing,
work continues unceasing.
Young man lies bleeding,
his legs torn asunder.
Masters have created,
new treat most hideous.
Guns, bombs, and bullets, make money,
death increases sales.
To hell with human lives,
who cares how many future doctors, poets die.
There is money to be made,
they sit in their golden citadels untouched.
Scheme | ABCDEFGAGBHIJKHHHLMNOJPQRS |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 0100111001 0101100111010 110101 10111001001 10101 11010111010 1101 101010 0111 10101111010 01101 01101 100101 10101010 1010010 11110 111010 101010 111100 11010110 10101 111101 111101010101 1110111 110110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 951 |
Words | 159 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 26 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 645 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 139 |
About this poem
May, be distasteful to some people according to their employment.
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Written on December 27, 2022
Submitted on December 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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