Analysis of After The Fall
It was after the fall
He told me about the time everything changed for him
Birds were coming in
Endless it seemed
Each carrying the carcasses of war
The real carnage
He was standing in the swirl
Couldn't really see much
The bird having fulfilled its mission
Presented him the stretcher
There lay us
Stilled by the conflict
When an arm got loose
And slipped for the poncho liner
Meant for shelter
Almost feminine hand
But the watch
That cursed watch
Loosened by the day's events
But still there
On that boyish crimson wrist
Those other hands
While its host lies so still
| Scheme | X X X X X X X X X A X X X A A X B B X X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111001 111010110111 10100 1011 1100010011 0110 1110001 101011 011001110 0101010 111 11010 11111 01101010 1110 11001 101 111 1010101 111 1110101 1101 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 654 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 23 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 20 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
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Submitted on January 25, 2012
Modified on April 20, 2023
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