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
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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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 28, 2018

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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