Analysis of The Warrior Poet
Deadly to his enemies,
confusing to his friends
While faithful to his writing,
—all justified intent
Furious in times of war,
in peace his vision burns
But past the fray, inside his words,
a gentler spirit yearns
Salvation long then sacrificed,
a fate he can’t deny
A cross that’s left for him to bear,
but still his spirit cries
Through battles mostly heaven sent,
and victories sealed with death
This guilt the price he’s had to pay,
now felt with every breath
One wish at last he prays out loud,
one cry is sent above
“My spear, my pen, my will to live,
I trade all back for love”
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)
Scheme | XX XA XB XB XX XX AC XC XD XD X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011100 010111 1101110 11001 1000111 011101 11010111 010101 0101110 011101 01111111 111101 11010101 0100111 11011111 1111001 11111111 111101 11111111 111111 010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 635 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 20, 2017
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on March 06, 2020
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