Analysis of Collateral damage
Midnight...high on crack
thunder roars from his fists
muzzle flashes
illuminute
just for a second
his angelic face
laughter and gunshots echo
two of the spray @ pray crew die
as return fire spins him around
throws him to the ground
sirens...screams...sirens....screams
then the real horror begins
yes inspector!! A stray bullet
straight through the bedroom window
killed the little lad instantly
mothers sedated......
The dads known to us as we put him away for murder last year
big davey castle....remember
30 years
he did'nt give a damn
i'll only be fifty he thought....
The cell door banged open
he checked the name of his cellmate written on a card next to the door
david castle......life....--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scheme | X AXBBX X BBB AX BBX BCC XXB XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 101111 1010 1 11010 1101 100110 1101111 101101101 11101 1 1011001 10100110 110110 10101100 10010 0111111110111011 1101 1 11101 11011011 011110 1101111101011101 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 770 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 1, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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