Analysis of working on a genocide.
He stood with his gun-
Lazer guided, just for fun.
Shooting down angels made of gray,
On the last of his hay days.
Watch as words twist round,
like warfaring barb wire-
Set up just to protect his crumbling empire.
Your hand is for hire.
Your mind is on fire.
Your soul has no more room for heart fulfilling desire.
Floating aimlessly in the cities sea's,
waiting for an answer to match morality.
But
A belief is a belief
and
Lies can be truth.
Need more be said,
For all the bodies have spoken
and
Death was his will,
That is the proof.
A madman set loose,
Controling minds for his own-
Criminal use,
No one stood up to the abuse,
All following broken promises to the end of noose.
The war was fought
and
Hell begot,
A demon who fought,
The peace of mans tranquil thoughts.
Scheme | aaxx xbb bbb xxxxCxxaCxx dxddd eCeex |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 1010111 10110111 1011111 11111 11110 1111011100100 111110 111110 11111111010010 1010000101 101110110100 1 0011001 0 1111 1111 11010110 0 1111 1101 0111 11111 1001 11111001 11001010010111 0111 0 101 01011 0111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 743 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 3, 11, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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