Analysis of Suffering
thunder rumbled, cannons fire.
cannons fire, men scream.
lightning strikes, muskets fire.
rain falls, blood spreads.
rain falls, women and children cry.
earth rumbles, men march.
crickets sing, tents pitched.
TAPS plays, silence falls.
what madness possessed us?
father against son, brother against brother, families divided.
my God, what have we done?
dust rises, men limp.
empty homes, orphaned children.
women suffer, men recover.
homes destroyed, food gone.
relief for some, struggle for all.
some wounds never heal, but hopefully time and patience will help.
Scheme | AXAXX XXX XXB XBAXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101010 101011 101110 1111 11100101 11011 10111 11101 110011 10011100110100010 111111 11011 1011010 10101010 10111 01111011 111011100101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 547 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 3, 3, 5, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on July 16, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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