Analysis of How
I can't see why, a man kills without reason.
Why a man shoots a child and does it without warning.
Why his screams of sorrow, are silent and muted.
All i can see, as death rings higher, is how.
I cant see why, a man can own a weapon, and conceal it in his pocket without any question.
He can buy it legally from a cashier without inquisition.
After he murders, and we call him crazy. We see that the gun is recycled. All i can see, as death rings higher, is how.
All i can see, as our memories grow shorter, is how.
Scheme | AXXB AABB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11110110110 1011010110110 111110110010 11111111011 1111011101000110110011010 1111100100101010 1011001111011101101011111111011 111111010011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 510 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 49 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 30, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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