Analysis of Totengräber
As the men rode off to more glory.
I remained, there'd be none for-me.
All love tales of valiant heroes.
Felling a dozen villainous foes.
But someone must deal with the gory.
I turn to see the Sun rise over rooftops.
Lies painted on beautiful backdrops.
Life-giving light revealing instead.
That which glory leaves unsaid.
Honour starts right where peace stops.
The town was broken and dead.
Ground cratered, smells of gunpowder and lead.
Battle was over and all was razed.
Now for my work, always unpraised.
Prayers and graves, after the bloodshed.
Scheme | AABBA CCDDC DDXDD |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 101111110 10111111 11111010 100101001 11111010 1111011101 11011001 110101001 1110101 111111 0111001 110111001 101100111 111111 1011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 551 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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