Analysis of reasonings of war



War is saddening,
for all the killing.
But to kill for survival,
is never desirable.
Why can't we have peace without hate?
Because all of us have but only one fate.
And determined to keep that peace,
no war will ever cease.


Scheme AABBCCDD
Poetic Form
Metre 11100 11010 1111010 1100100 11111011 01111111011 00101111 111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 216
Words 42
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 173
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 29, 2023

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