Analysis of Judgement day



Why are we people
 What's it all for?
 Living and dying
 Taking and leaving
 Breathing then ceasing
 Lies told to loved ones
 Sucked up to morons
 What you concealing?

Suffer in silence
 Victims of violence
 A slave to the ego
 Have a go Hero's
 Give in to temptation
 Rise above station
 Abusing your trust
 Giving in to your lust

Kids on the dole queue
 Breaking their curfew
 Mums using needles
 Empty cathedrals
 The system is bent
 You can't buy or rent
 The skies full of holes
 People god rest your souls

Leaving a mark on the earth
 Tombstones tell only of mirth
 What is the point in a life away way?
 Is there anymore after judgement day?


Scheme XXAAABBA CCXXDDEE FFGGHHII JJKK
Poetic Form
Metre 11110 1111 10010 10010 10110 11111 1111 11010 10010 101100 011010 10110 101010 10110 01011 100111 11011 10110 11010 10010 01011 11111 01111 101111 1001101 111011 1101001011 110110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 638
Words 119
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on August 22, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Dave Ratcliffe

Some of my imagery may seem a little on the dark side at times but I feel the pain of the chastened and broken among my close family and friends. I write from the heart to express my innermost thoughts through song lyrics and poetry. I try always, ‘to be true to my philosophy of understanding tolerance, to share my perceptions and desires with integrity’. I have just finished my first play which was both a challenging and rewarding experience, which I intend to follow up on. I enjoy reading poetry from all over the world. Poetry.com is a great platform for me to network with other like-minded people and showcase my own work for others to be moved and inspired. After all this is the duty of a poet…I have just had my first poetry book published with the Title Scratching the Page and my thanks go to Michael Dobson for producing it and to all those who read it more…

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