Analysis of Torn Will



Two brothers, once so close and dear
Now torn apart by greed and fear
One claims he deserves the lion's share
The other says it's not his fault or fair

They fight and argue, day and night
They curse and slander, with no respite
They forget the love their father had
They only see the wealth he left them in his will

They hire lawyers, file lawsuits
They drag each other to the courts
They waste their time, their money, their peace
They lose their friends, their family, their grace

They do not see the folly of their ways
They do not heed their father's last words
They do not care about each other's pain
They only care about their own gain

They end up lonely, bitter, and sad
They end up losing all they ever had
They end up realizing, too late
They end up regretting, their fate


Scheme AABB XXCX XXXX XXDD CCEE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (40%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11011101 11011101 111010101 0101111111 11010101 110101110 101011101 110101111011 1101011 11110101 111111011 1111110011 1111010111 111111011 1111011101 110101111 111101001 1111011101 11110011 11101011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 786
Words 153
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 124
Words per stanza (avg) 30

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Two brothers at war over a will

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Written on January 12, 2024

Submitted by conductor on January 12, 2024

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