Analysis of A Pyrrhic Victory
The guns are silent now.
The battle is over, with casualties on both sides,
Plain to be.
Difficulties there were, but neither could agree.
The guns are silent now.
A battle raging for years,
struggling on with the shedding of blood
and distraught with tears.
The guns are silent now.
Not wanting or yearning,
for now has begun a new dawn,
for learning.
The guns are silent now.
Sweet music of peace and calm.
Arduous times there were,
now is the time to let go and disarm.
The guns are silent now.
Inevitably,as distressing it is lonely and parted,
draw comfort from the fact, for the love of each other,
a new life has started.
Scheme | AbccAdefAghgAijkAeje |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 011101 01011011000111 111 100010110101 011101 0101011 1001101011 00111 011101 110110 11101011 110 011101 1101101 100110 1101111001 011101 10101110010 1101011011110 011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 609 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 491 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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