Analysis of The Warrior
Louann M. Myke 1965 (Ontario)
He stands high on a mountain top
And looks over his land with a sigh
He sees changes that are disturbing
And it brings a tear to his eye.
With skillful eyes he notices,
The pain, the crime, the war
And he wishes that it could be
The way it was before.
It hurts him to see the fish die
And know that most of the birds are gone
It used to be a great land
Why has everything gone wrong?
Are people too selfish to realize
The destruction they have caused?
Are they too busy to even care
About everything that is lost?
He now bows his head in sorrow
And weeps for what once was his home,
The Warrior once so proud and strong
Is now just a man-sad and alone.
Louann M. Myke
| Scheme | XABA XCXC AXXD XXXX XXDX B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110101 011011101 111011010 01101111 11011100 010101 01101111 011101 11111011 011110111 1111011 111011 110110110 0010111 111101101 0110111 11111010 01111111 010011101 111011001 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 707 |
| Words | 149 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Many years ago there was a commercial about the "love" canal and Iron Eyes Cody was in it. This poem is dedicated to that.
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