Analysis of The Whisper Of The Cannon
When all the words a king may say
Lay lifeless on the ground
And windstorms blow them far away
With not a single sound.
Then no one any worry pays
As acquiescence he seeks
But ears awake and eyebrows raise
When e'er the cannon speaks.
She speaks to warriors from the east
And armies from the south.
And words of wisdom should, at least,
Fall tumbling from her mouth.
And when she sings, she hums her song,
Her voice in dulcet choir,
She whispers from her dragon's tongue
Her words like dragon's fire.
So, in the night when all is still
She rests her weary head
And looks out over yonder hill
Where angels fear to tread.
As daylight shows once more, she'll preach
And boldly yip and yell
To sermonise another speech
And send them all to hell.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFXGXG HIHIJKJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 110101 0111101 110101 11110101 101011 1101011 1100101 111100101 010101 01110111 1100101 01111101 0101010 11010101 0111010 10011111 110101 01110101 110111 1111111 010101 110101 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 718 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
About this poem
An explosive piece from 1989
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