Analysis of Make a friend, not an enemy.

G.Q. James 1991 (Albany,NY)



Don't be quick to make an enemy,
Why not make a friend,
The ones we envy and hate we can keep close,
The hate can be transferred to love,
We hold on too much anger,
We can just release the love.

Stop hating each other,
Let's love each other,
Stop and think what you're doing,
Once you calm down you'll realize it,
Take your EMOTIONS out of the equation,
EMOTIONS cloud your judgement.

Women hating other women over some man,
Why hate her on what he did to you,
Make her your ally rather your enemy,
Let's come together not collide against each other,
Not enough togetherness in the world,
Let's create togetherness,
Let's end the war that's going on.


Scheme AXXBCB CCXXXX XXACXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 111111100 11101 01110011111 01110111 1111110 1110101 110110 11110 1011110 11111101 11010110010 0101110 101010101011 110111111 10110101100 1101010101110 1010100001 1010100 11011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 632
Words 120
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 7
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 168
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Submitted on January 15, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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