Analysis of Paying the Price
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
Thinking
something nice might come of this
Despite the time lost in the trenches
suffering more lost than found.
Taking a chance to pursue this choice,
hopeful my word will find voice,
be heard once more to resonate
between others of like mind and heart,
hoping to find that perfect match,
Even among my opposite,
to gain respect somehow
By something in humanity, we share,
Maybe even find common ground.
To become someone who cares
more about loving humanity
Than merely finding themselves
Someone to love
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| Scheme | XX XA BB XX XX XX AX XX C C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10 1011111 010110010 1001111 100110111 1011111 1111110 011011101 10111011 10011100 11011 1100010011 10101101 101111 101100100 1101001 111 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 559 |
| Words | 116 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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