Analysis of War!
Leon Gellert 1892 (Australia) – 1977
When my poor body died,-Alas!
I watched it topple down a hill
And sink beside a tuft of grass.
I laughed like mad,
and laughing still
I bowed and thanked the bit of shell
That set me free and made me glad.
Then quietly,
I strolled to Hell.
Scheme | ABACBDCED |
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Poetic Form | Nonet (44%) |
Metre | 11110101 11110101 01010111 1111 0101 11010111 11110111 1100 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 239 |
Words | 51 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 184 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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