Analysis of Dark Soldier
Lindsay Mayeux 1992 (United States of America)
Dark soldier there
Walking
Dim is the light in your eyes
And heavy with burden
Your past is haunted
With years of torment and
Neglect
Did you forget to love yourself?
Your love so deep, but hollowed out,
The void it grows
Did you forget yourself?
Oh afflicted soldier,
You carry more than your cross,
There are things outside of your control,
The weight of the world is not yours to hold,
Did you forget to shed that
Added weight?
Alone in your mind,
You march on,
With heavy strides,
Not realizing you are
Chosen
You are the son or daughter
of the Most High King,
Not just any king,
But that of our Father in heaven.
He waits for you,
Dear child,
To remember-
If only you remembered-
Remember who you are.
Scheme | XAXB XXXC XXC DXXXXX XXXEB DAAB XXDXE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 10 1101011 010110 11110 11110 01 11011101 11111101 0111 110101 101010 1101111 111111101 0110111111 1101111 101 01011 111 1101 110011 10 1101110 10111 11101 1111010010 1111 11 1010 1101010 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 715 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 6, 5, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted by lindsaymayeux on March 11, 2024
Modified by lindsaymayeux on March 11, 2024
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