Analysis of Shelter From The Storm



We are the innocent
some are the damned
When will we ever understand
The storms outside are brewing

Do you know what you are doing
To close out the noise from inside
We hide behind the false garb of compromise
Shelter lies dormant onto it's beckoning call

To look deep into the mind of the poet
A challenge to be free is a question of time
some come in quick right on the scene
others contemplate an evil scheme

Learn from your mistakes that you have treasured
Be brave enough to share with your neighbor
others are heading toward disaster
The casualties are enormous

For a stated cause that's atrocious
Send the troops home
No good reason for them to roam
Merciful one come take this chip off my shoulder

Give me shelter from the storm
some curse the day they were actually born
To never relent to give up the fight
hearts there bleeding in the night

There are perilous times
We have settled for ill faded rhymes
Let us bask in the vast array of love
Nestled in the fragrance from above


Scheme XXXA AXXX XXXX XBBC CDDB XXEE FFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 110100 1101 1111001 0111110 11111110 11101101 1101011110 101101011001 11101011010 010111101011 11011101 10101101 1110111110 1101111110 1011001010 010001010 101011010 1011 11101111 100111111110 1110101 1101101001 1100111101 1110001 111001 111011101 1110010111 100010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 960
Words 184
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 115
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted by hitalot on March 13, 2017

Modified on April 12, 2023

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Mario William Vitale

Mario William Vitale is a twentieth century poet. He has developed a style of free verse. Has written over one thousand poems. more…

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