Analysis of Maybe Next Generation
Tawny Rudshagen 1990 (USA)
It’s been a minute
Since I’ve written
Now I’ve been reminiscing
About all the things I’ve been missing
The times that we were worry free
Without responsibilities
Endless opportunities
Waiting to see what the future brings
Now the future’s here
And everything’s unclear
Of which direction to steer
While we remain in high gear
We were supposed to change the world
Instead we’ve curled
Hidden and burrowed
Blended in with the “do as told”
Immersed in the book, gram and tok
Overloaded with news and talk
Then able to “take a break”
While lives are at stake
Wish I had a solution
To all of this convolution
But it’s so fatiguing
All the wrong we’re seeing
People refusing harmony
Like it can’t be afforded in this economy
Violence, anger, hate
Instead of love, happiness, safe
Pray, sign, vote
What can we do but hope
That the next generation won’t simply cope
And instead fight back
To get everything back - on track
Scheme | ABCC DEEX XFFF GGAX CXHH BBCC DDXX XIIJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010 1110 111010 011011110 01110101 0100100 100100 101110101 10101 01001 1101011 1101011 10011101 0111 1001 10010111 01001101 1001101 1101101 11111 1110010 1111100 111010 101010 10010100 1111010010100 100101 01111001 111 111111 1010101101 00111 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 959 |
Words | 175 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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