Analysis of Why
Brave young boys going off to war
To foreign lands they've not heard before
Their knees shake and their mother's cry
Some reporters keep asking, Why?
Brave young people from every walk of life
Make it through battles and emeny strife
Each day's a struggle to keep going and not cry
Now many at home are asking, Why?
Soldiers brave, march on scorched land
They answer their country's demand
They fight for freedom and for family
They fight without an uttered, Why?
Soldiers fight as long as they can
A youth fights and quickly becomes a man
They know each day could be their last sigh
Still some others are asking Why?
Our country will eventually be free
These brave young men/women fight for liberty
Freedom for you and for me, that's why!
Our Soldiers never question, Why?
Scheme | AABB CCBB DDEB FFBB EEBB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11110111 110111101 11101101 10101101 11101100111 11110011 110101110011 110111101 1011111 11011001 1111001100 11011101 10111111 0110100101 111111111 11101101 101010100011 11111011100 101101111 101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 754 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on October 27, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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