Analysis of BUILD THAT WALL
BUILD THAT WALL
Build that wall!
Build that wall!
Build that wall!
Build that wall!
Build your wall all you ancient ones!
You sat on your ivory sofa, behind your protective
fences of decorated stone.
Like plantation owners of old, your heart has
become weak and lazy.
Suppressing the growth of men, women and children.
Even the taking of crumbs from the poor,
needy and disabled.
In a country built by multicolor of souls.
In unison they asked, "A wall for what?"
A wall for those primitive thinkers?
A wall for those repetitional failures?
A wall for those tragical stories?
A wall for those selfish minds?
Build that wall all you political leaders!
You hide behind your unlawful, disorderly police
and military forces.
Disregard of oath to God and His people.
Kicking sand in the eyes of the innocent
and justice seekers.
You, who are treacherous, fearful and unreasonable accusers.
Build that wall!
Build that wall!
Build that wall!
Build that wall!
Build your wall all you ancient ones.
| Scheme | A AAAA Bxxxxxxx xxccxx cxxxxcc AAAA B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 111 111 111 111 11111101 111110010011010 1011001 1101011111 011010 010011110010 1001011101 100010 00101101011 0100110111 011110010 0111110 0111110 0111101 11111010010 11011010010001 010010 0111110110 10100110100 01010 1111001000100010 111 111 111 111 11111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,001 |
| Words | 203 |
| Sentences | 26 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 8, 6, 7, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 31 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
The poem expresses the minds of powerful men who build walls like ancient days. Only they know the true motives behind theirs reasoning.
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