Analysis of The Second Sandy



one mum
one gun
one son

poor poor sandy so tattered
more than any ocean storm could batter

one mum with a gun
taught her only son to murder

"now kill'em all.  let's have some fun"
said one mum with a gun

one mum
one gun
one son


Scheme ABB xc bc bb ABB
Poetic Form
Metre 11 11 11 1110110 1110101110 11101 10101110 11111111 111101 11 11 11
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 216
Words 48
Sentences 2
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 2, 2, 3
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 35
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted on June 16, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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David Ehrgott

There are two types of words in the english language. A: the written word and B: the spoken word. There once was a time that they mirrored each other. Unfortunately, the higher learning schools today concentrate on what makes them the most money. Which is: professional sports learning. Thus, destroying what once was a proper education. Since the spoken word will now never reflect the written word, we must change the written word to reflect the spoken word. Because people just don't talk like dat no mo'. more…

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