Analysis of A new poem! "What message are you sending?
We read, we write, we judge, we fight.
We insult, we listen, with all our might.
We love, we hurt, we bend, we see,
Just what message they're sending me!
We break, we fix, we know, we ask.
We sit, we stand, we do the task.
We stay, we go, we speak, we wait.
To hear your message abbreviate!
We drive, we walk, we ride, we turn.
Listening for something new to learn.
We see, we hear, we jump, we shout.
Without considering that deadly mouth.
We teach, we yearn, to tell the truth.
We gesture with our eyes that's what we do.
We touch, we push, we force, we lie.
So tell us your message and tell us why!
We sleep, we wake, we work, we live.
In a world that's full of fear.
We nourish, we care, we think, we say
We give, we take, we share, we make!
The messages sometimes we don't understand.
Left in thought with an empty hand.
We want to ask what is this stuff.
Never explaining why we had enough!
The children are innocent, so full of love.
That can't understand why we judge.
And then they grow up in what they've learned.
Trying to figure out why their passions burn.
The message is clear, but will we hear?
What message are you sending?
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEXX XXFF XXXX GGHH XXXE XX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (27%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11111111 10111011101 11111111 11101101 11111111 11111101 11111111 11110010 11111111 100110111 11111111 0101001101 11111101 11011011111 11111111 1111100111 11111111 0011111 110111111 11111111 0100011101 10111101 11111111 1001011101 01011001111 1101111 011110111 10110111101 010111111 1101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,110 |
Words | 222 |
Sentences | 28 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on December 20, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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