Analysis of The Raiders Are Here
The Raiders Are Here
Mary Louise Di Stasio 18/4/2021
The raiders have advanced
On my haven and resting place
To conquer and vanquish
With overpowering might
Exploding and drilling
Devastating the landscape
My native home, where
I lived and belonged
The raiders have progressed
They found my secret place
Devastating and devouring the terrain
Ransacking the topography
Blasting primitive rocks
Plonking modern foundations under it
Merely for the kudos of living on a hill
Sighting splendid views
The raiders have stolen
My God created landscape
A sanctuary of mystery and enchantment
Replacing city dwellers
On another concrete hill
Overtaking and succeeding
A landscape once full
Of mystery and intrigue
The raiders have developed
My once guarded secret place
Hauling heavy machinery
Jaws of metal devouring
Undulating hills and meadows
Diverting creeks and streams
Dissecting the geography
Stealing my subsistence
Imagine that the things
So special to you,
We’re not gone,
Not dead, but in a moment
Of man-made madness
Had never been?
My vision of the world
My God given environment
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011 10011100 010101 11100101 110010 110101 010010 10001 11011 11001 010101 111101 10000100001 1000100 101001 110010101 101010110101 10101 010110 110101 010011000010 0101010 1010011 1000010 0111 1100001 0101010 1110101 10100100 11100100 100101 010101 01000100 101010 010101 11011 011 1110010 11110 1101 110101 11100100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,090 |
Words | 179 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
My Poem entitled: “The Raiders Are Here” is about the land, Terra and it’s devastation through man’s lack of respect for it’s ancestors and sacred earth.
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