Analysis of The Unknown Soldier



Sweat fills his eyes, silence is a curse,
His muscles contract with a fearless grip;
His heart beats with certain passion,
His only phobia- an empty clip.

He moves to check out of his watch,
His turn to rest has come on effect;
But sleep is no matter of reality,
Vile and evil into his system they must inject.

He drifts into a slumber, dreams fill the air,
Home- the city-that moonlit night;
All forms of Utopia enter his mind,
His only wish is to be away from this fight.

An explosion awakens him and his Conrades,
Heavy fire and heat fill the atmosphere;
He and many stand their ground and return fire,
Death has no meaning, insanity is the only gear.

A brilliant burst curses the landscape,
The enemy sweeps the land like a hungry vulture;
They couldn't find his body anywhere- M.I.A.,
But only if they knew-
The tomb of the Unknown Soldier.


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC XDED XEXXE
Poetic Form
Metre 111110101 110110101 11111010 1101001101 11111111 111111101 111110110 1010011101101 11010101101 1010111 11101001011 110111101111 101001010101 1010011010 101011100110 11110010010101 01011001 0100101101010 11011101010 110111 01100110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 850
Words 181
Sentences 8
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 132
Words per stanza (avg) 31

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Written in 1991

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Written on May 08, 1991

Submitted by r_p on December 08, 2023

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Richard Phillips

Born in Carrollton, Ky; Enjoy playing guitar and family. more…

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