Analysis of Enemy Soldiers
He that is fallen has hurled lies that lanced
The minds of men all gifted with great skill
Designed our missiles with soul intent to kill
They follow scientific law as though entranced.
The spirits of good soldiers may live on
But bullets cannot dent that heart of stone
Which rules the life of him who should atone
For lifting up the sacrificial pawn.
His target is acquired with great ease
Drone daimon rarely fails to miss its mark
A fire storm inhabits a single spark
And everyman has fallen to his knees.
Beholden to a force which lies unchecked
This globe destroys itself at speed break-necked.
Scheme | ABBA XCCX DEED AA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011111 0111110111 011010110111 11001011101 0101110111 1101011111 1101111101 110100101 1101010111 111011111 01010100101 0100110111 0101011101 1101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 587 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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