Analysis of Tsunami Tragedy (2005)



Tsunami tragedy
The little islands drowned
Now lay waste as barren land
But recounts still dumfound
Tsunami tragedy
Innocent people gone
They did not live long enough
But time was overdrawn
Tsunami tragedy
Dead children on the floor
Each appears to be sleeping
But they breathe no more
Tsunami tragedy
Nature unlocks hell's gate
Parents clutch lifeless babies
But burial can't wait
Tsunami tragedy
No shelter to ensconce
No God found in disaster
But in global response


Scheme AbcaAdedAfgfAhihAjkj
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Metre 010100 010101 1111101 1111 010100 100101 1111101 111101 010100 110101 1011110 11111 010100 10111 1011010 110011 010100 110101 1110010 101001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 449
Words 77
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 390
Words per stanza (avg) 77
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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