Analysis of The Truth Commands
Yes, I’m a Poet,
but I refuse to be tormented
I refuse to be a victim,
with my words made out of stone
I refuse to bleed my heart out,
on a page of blank simpatico
I refuse to give you weakness,
knowing strength you have disowned
Yes, I’m a Poet,
but my sword is sharp and pointed
My shield is scarred and colored
with the blood of firebrands
My breath won’t plead while shouting,
every name a future conquest
My pen in hand, a weapon sure,
—its ink the truth commands
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)
Scheme | Ax xx xb xx Ax xc bx xc x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010 11011110 10111010 1111111 10111111 101111 10111110 1011101 11010 11111010 1111010 101110 1111110 100101010 11010101 110101 010010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 517 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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