Analysis of Today's Grief
We should stick together, it makes sense
While we speak of our men, far away
After that, there’s silence
We’re both aware of this pretence
And try to be cheerful, come what may
We should stick together, it makes sense.
The doorbell rings and we sit, tense
Each struggling for something to say
After that, there’s silence.
Our men fight abroad and sleep in tents
If only they weren’t so far away
We should stick together, it makes sense
The blow is neatly typed: just one sentence
We take the children out to play
We should stick together, it makes sense
After that, there’s silence
| Scheme | AbC abA abC xbA cbAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010111 1111101101 101110 0101111 011110111 111010111 0110111 110011011 101110 1011010101 110111101 111010111 0111011110 11010111 111010111 101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 576 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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