Analysis of The Enemy Upon Us
Get caught in the conversation,
—before the day is late
Don’t wait for an invitation,
—as they slowly shut the gate
The wolf now dressed in spun wool,
—has broken from his cage
He hungers more for what we’ve lost,
—a legacy of rage
A traitor now in front of us,
—to vanquish and to quell
But time that stops for no one man,
—the assassin pledged to hell
The moment to act, upon us,
—with the odds both long and wide
The fight though still worth fighting,
—for those before who fought and died
So if blood’s your greatest treasure,
—give it willingly and free
The enemy now upon us,
—who must leave on bended knee
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
| Scheme | AB AB XC XC DE XE DF XF XG DG X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100010 010111 1111010 1110101 0111011 110111 1111111 010011 01010111 110011 11111111 0010111 01011011 1011101 0111110 11011101 11111010 1110001 01001011 1111101 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 655 |
| Words | 121 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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