Analysis of A Storm Like no Other
Now is the Time 1940 (Yazour)
A Storm Like no Other
I spent the last night lonely in bed thinking endlessly
Making passionate love to my ideas, as deprived lovers do
I woke up at the birds singing, celebrating the sunrise with joy
But the mind was confused; it couldn’t recognize the place
And fear was running through my veins from toe to head
Suddenly I found myself standing at my bedroom window
reading the landscape as astrologers read people’s fate
A forest inhabited by deer stretches as far as the eye can see
As the sun's rays crept into it, the buds of spring looked like a full moon
As most people were busy dreaming and chasing money
And losing their conscience and ethics in the process
I searched for myself and found nothing but a tortured soul
A storm became a raging sea revolting against everything in sight
It nearly flooded the place and suffocated the light of the morning sun
But the spirit kept cheering the ideas as they multiplied and bloomed
My mind slid through the fog as tears overwhelmed the eyes
Meanwhile, the tears were listening to sewers running under my feet
Crazy fans chanting loudly, celebrating the death of the conscience
Huge masses lament a leader who died a hundred years ago
Crowds waiting for a savior to rise from an unknown grave
And lead them to the promised land where life never ends
The world around me is floundering; it lost its mind and direction
One day volcanoes shake the earth and burn trees and bushes
One day a hurricane destroys beaches and kills innocent children
One day a tsunami sweeps seaports and leaves nothing behind
One day America initiates a global trade war for no reason
One day a vicious virus imposes a curfew on the rich and poor
As America keeps moving steadily along the path of failed states
A promising life is transformed bit by bit into memories without a trace
Children grow old from poverty and ignorance, die prematurely
Elders live immortal lives through inspiring ideas and creative minds
A glorious era sinks into a sea of madness that cannot be trusted
While new ideas continue to multiply and flourish
The spirit of humanity rises from the ashes against the age
To crown freedom a queen over the universe
And give a new life to every living soul on earth
Mohamed Rabie
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011110 11011100110100 10100111010101101 111101101000111 101101111001 011101111111 1001111011110 1001101001101 010010011101110111 10111011011111011 11100101001010 010110010001 1111011010101 01010101010011001 110100101000110101 10101100010111001 111101110101 1010100110101011 1011010100011010 1100101011010101 11010101111011 0111010111101 01011110011110010 11010101011010 1101001100110010 11001011011001 1101000100010111110 110101001001010101 101001101000101111 01001101111011000101 1011110001001010 1010101101001000101 01001010101110110110 11010010110010 010101001010100101 11100110010 01011110010111 0101 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 2,200 |
Words | 397 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 38 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,823 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 397 |
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Submitted on March 31, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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