Analysis of New Start
So much to learn
but unable to trust
for the young take advantage
the old count the cost
of whatever confronts
what they once held so dear
is destroyed by the sheep
who now follow in fear
So noble a man
who fought so many foe
in the troubles that came
to endanger the babes
who played hide and seek
in the craters they made
just to grow to forget
such a price had been paid
So feeble he lays
in a huddle of stench
as the young circle round
and continue to taunt
such a hero who fought
so that they were in place
to set fire to his rags
and to laugh in his face
So time has now come
to correct all that's wrong
and to savour each moment
in these coming days
for the wise to invest
in the goodness of heart
that remains in their children
and to make a new start
Scheme | XXXXXAXA XXXXXBXB CXXXXDXD XXXCXEXE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 101011 1011010 01101 11001 111111 101101 111001 11001 111101 001011 101001 11101 001011 111101 101111 11011 001011 101101 001011 101011 111001 1110111 011011 11111 101111 011110 01101 101101 001011 1010110 011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 769 |
Words | 159 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on August 21, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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