Analysis of Death, where is your sting?
They called it heroism
We call it terrorism
As they perceive strength, we see it as weak
While they rejoice in our brokeness
We feel tears spill down blistered cheeks
Where they have struck with blinded courage
We endure futile attempts to amputate
The legs of pride on which we stand
Through pain we will amalgamate
We unite for the harvest of our land
As a people matured, with freedom in plenty
By God’s grace we will not fall
“O Death,” we cry, “where is your sting?”
“O Hades, where is your victory?”
They’ve stolen some but have not all
Though humbly struck, we remain tall
Scheme | AAXBB XCDCD EFXEFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111100 111100 1101111111 11010101 11111101 111111010 1011001110 01111111 1111010 1110101101 101001110010 1111111 11111111 110111100 11011111 11011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 580 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 6 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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