Analysis of The Politicians Game
Inside I have a hunger the pain does not subside
Each morning when I wake up it's like a flooding tide
My heart it fills with sadness my mind gets full of woe
Each day I try and start again I have so far to go
People only see me they can't see in my head
All the pain and worry that makes me see just red
They think I am a mad man they know not of my shame
I lost so many brothers in the politicians game
It's war they said go fight for us, go do your duty now
Yet all they did was stay at home and in parliament they'd row
The cost is one we must endure it is their present job
Lay down their lives for England , let those at home just sob
So if you see me crying or laying in the rain
Come hold my hand and help me or I'll always be the same
The time it is the present but for me I'm in the past
Will the scenes inside my muddled head forever last I ask
Scheme | AABB CCDD XBEE XDXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 0111010011101 1101111110101 1111110111111 11110101111111 101011111011 101010111111 1111011111111 1111010000101 11111111111101 111111110010011 01111101111101 1111110111111 1111110110001 1111011111101 01110101111001 101011101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 850 |
Words | 188 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on December 13, 2015
Modified on March 14, 2023
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