Analysis of Chamberlain Falls
Refusing to fight the major war,
the war based on principles,
the one we can win
We’re forced to fight a never-ending series
of political wars….
ones that we can only lose
We’re trapped in the middle of Appeasement River
and headed for Chamberlain Falls
terror awaiting in the rapids now ahead
Slowing down the current or rowing harder wont
save us, it only extends the time of our demise,
capitulation pulling us under toward the roar
As a country, we’re now in the middle of that river
arguing over who has the water rights….
arguing over whose paddle is best
Until we get off the river and back on dry land,
Chamberlain Falls will continue to pull
—and Armageddon will continue to call
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)
Scheme | AXX XXX BXX XXA BXX XXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010110101 0111100 01111 01110101010 101001 1111101 010010101010 01011001 100100010101 101010110101 11110010111001 0010101100101 10100100101110 10010110101 1001011011 0111101001111 1001101011 0010101011 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 746 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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