Analysis of Tale of a Million Soldiers



Today~ I reflect more then ever before

All the stories shared with me from brave, loving soldiers in my Family

When the call came, they stood up and volunteered to serve

They never asked why or where or who would deserve

The courage and commitment of the soldiers to defend

The people of God being exterminated by evil because of race and creed

Many many Christian soldiers heeded the call

To save the life of Jewish people

Now history unfolds~ seeming just a bit distorted

I keep asking why~ what was lost in translation~ who were the victims

How history forgets~ the Jewish who survived the Holocaust and The Brave United Soldiers

American Soldiers who defended humankind for Peace and for the value of each and every Godly soul

No it was not you or I

Oh yes so much lost in the story
NEVER FORGET~ Yes never Forget the whole truth

The survivors who lived and the soldiers who served were the victims.

The ones who lived with PTSD and horrific nightmares
Until the day they left this world to be reunited with peace

They lived weeks in trenches~ trenches they dug themselves

They slept sitting upright at one end always prepared~
The end where they ate dry portions of food and rationed their water

They used the other end of their trench as their toilet

But with the love and determination for the good of humankind~    THEY PERSEVERED

UNTIL THE INNOCENT KILLING ENDED

On this day~ please reflect on the Bravery of the American Soldiers~. The ones who held one citizenship~
AMERICAN
             THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE BRAVE
              ONE NATION UNDER GOD

Allow their lessons to Remain forever valued

When you say.   NEVER AGAIN~
          Please do it with the non prejudice Love
            they held in their hearts and souls

Please do not twist the commandments given to us from God~
                     It is not~ DO UNTO OTHERS WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO YOU~.    Nope Nope Nope

Always keep Peace~ Love~ Unity~ Compassion and
                       TRUTH AND HONOR
In Your Hearts and Souls~.   THE LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNED OR SHOULD HAVE

Proud to be An American

Thank you to All who have served for~
FREEDOM~ JUSTICE~ and PEACE

God Bless All The People of Our World With Love in Their Heart and Soul

To All the rest~ Talk is Cheap~. LEARN TO WALK THE
WALK

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Scheme A B C C X X X X D E X F X BX E XG X XH X X D IJXK X XXX KX XHX J AG F BX BI
Poetic Form
Metre 01101111001 101011111101001100 101111100111 110111111101 01000101010101 01011100100110011101 101010101001 110111010 11000110101010 11101111001010010 11000101010101000101010 0100101010101101010110100101 1111111 111110010 100111001011 0010110010110010 01111100101 010111111101011 111010101101 111001111101 0111111011010110 1101011111110 110100010101110101 0101001010 111101101001001001001111100 0100 01101001 110101 0111010101010 1111001 1111011001 1101101 11110010101111 11111010111111111 11111000100 1010 01101010111111 11110100 11111111 101001 11101011011101101 11011111110 1 1 1
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 2,478
Words 438
Sentences 7
Stanzas 31
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 3, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2
Lines Amount 45
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 56
Words per stanza (avg) 13

About this poem

More than ever I reflect today as our Nation celebrates Verterans Day.

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Written on November 10, 2023

Submitted by Caliconine on November 10, 2023

Modified by Caliconine on November 11, 2023

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