Analysis of The Common Man
Julian Tuwim 1894 (Łódź) – 1953 (Zakopane)
When plastered billboards scream with slogans
'fight for your country, go to battle'
When media's print assults your senses,
'Support our leaders' shrieks and rattles...
And fools who don't know any better
Believe the old, eternal lie
That we must march and shoot and kill
Murder, and burn, and bomb, and grill...
When press begins the battle-cry
That nation needs to unify
And for your country you must die...
Dear brainwashed friend, my neighbor dear
Brother from this, or other nation
Know that the cries of anger, fear,
Are nothing but manipulation
by fat-cats, kings who covet riches,
And feed off your sweat and blood - the leeches!
When call to arms engulfs the land
It means that somewhere oil was found,
Shooting 'blackgold' from underground!
It means they found a sneaky way
To make more money, grab more gold
But this is not what you are told!
Don't spill your blood for bucks or oil
Break, burn your rifle, shout: 'NO DEAL!'
Let the rich scoundrels, kings, and bankers
Send their own children to get killed!
May your loud voice be amplified
By roar of other common men
The battle-weary of all nations:
WE WON'T BE CONNED TO WAR AGAIN!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011110 111101110 110011110 0110101010 011111010 01010101 11110101 10010101 11010101 1101110 01110111 1111101 101111010 11011101 11010010 111111010 0111101010 1111101 1111111 101110 11110101 11110111 11111111 11111111 11110111 101101010 11110111 1111110 11110101 010101110 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,154 |
Words | 204 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 15, 8 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 298 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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