Analysis of America's Mind
You wake to the sound
to the vision of war
Your mind doesn't work right
not like the night before
A nation is wounded
as twins fell to the floor
Two more birds were taken
to up the score more
It troubles your heart
and it troubles your soul
Not knowing the reasons
this was done for
What to do now?
not like the day before
You need meaning is something
before this means war
You try to get ready
but ready for what
All you have is this anger
with nowhere to thrust
As the shock lessens slightly
and a moment for thought
This could be your last second
all the innocence lost
A nation together
in mourning and grief
And anger abound
to retribute this thief
The freedom you've shared
together you've lost
So together you'll come
no matter the cost
You believe in your heart
in the home of the brave
So you'll fight to the end
to keep it that way
The cause may not need
for your blood to shed
But giving it freely
will help as they said
The world now is different
as you look around
As the President speaks
there is nary a sound
Before, much indifference
as to what's being said
But this day and moment
no one turns their head
Tomorrow will bring
the next day of the fight
So live it with passion
and pray for what's right
For the cry's of the wounded
and the cry's of the lost
You'll remember them always
as God welcomes his flock
Scheme | ABCB DBEB FXXB XBGB HXIX HXXJ IKAK XJXX FXXX XLHL MAXA XLML GCEC DJXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (57%) |
Metre | 11101 101011 111011 110101 010110 111101 111010 11011 11011 011011 110010 1111 1111 110101 1110110 01111 111110 11011 1111110 1111 1011010 001011 1111110 101001 010010 01001 01001 1111 01011 01011 101011 11001 101011 001101 111101 11111 01111 11111 110110 11111 0111100 11101 10101 111001 0110100 111101 111010 11111 0111 011101 111110 01111 1011010 001101 101011 111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,300 |
Words | 260 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 56 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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