Analysis of Eye For Eye



Eye for eye is retribution:
counterstrikes for malicious wrongs.
Retaliating vendettas
perpetuate vengeful fight songs.

Quid pro quo is fair exchanges,
a proportional give-and-take.
Commensurate surrogating
necessitates a true fair shake.

Tit for tat is getting even:
equivalents for each to earn.
Compensatory objectives
extend to points of no return.

Tu quoque is replication:
a retort for the abuser.
It is condemnation's circle:
on each side stands the accuser.

Honorable, balanced justice
remediates a world of harm.
Genuine consideration
generates charitable charm.


Scheme ABCB CDDD XEXE AFXF XGAG
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1111010 110101 0100010 0101011 11111010 00100101 01001 0100111 11111010 01001111 0100010 01111101 111010 0110010 11110 11110010 10001010 10111 1000010 1010001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 552
Words 82
Sentences 10
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 12, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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