Analysis of WARRIORS



And finally the curtains opened
I knew then there was no turning back
I was taught not to be weak,
For "people like us" weakness is not an option,
so I was shown

They call it survival of the fittest, kill or be killed
The strong prey on the weak
That much I have seen   
"For people like us"
to survive is to be strong

Born to draw swords, Raised to live them
Maybe we will eventually die by them, who knows?
Forged by iron and granite
Dressed in armor of brass
And ordained to slay giants

Could it have been fore-written by the stars from a thousand lifetimes!
Perhaps so;
Tales have been told of warriors who slumbered not

Those who rode on horses with shields of glory
Girded with loins of honor
And breastplates of truth
Those who wore helmets of Wisdom
And carried swords that slayed to resurrect

Who are we, you ask?
That which we are, we are


Scheme XXAXX XAXXX XXXXX XXX XXXXX XX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 010001010 111111101 1111111 110111011110 1111 11101010101111 011101 11111 11011 1011111 11111111 10110100011111 1110010 101011 0011110 111111010110101 011 11111100111 11111011110 111110 0111 11110110 010111101 11111 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 854
Words 174
Sentences 4
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 3, 5, 2
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

I wrote this poem at a moment when i felt at my lowest. I was overwhelmed by different emotions and wondered why it seemed like for as long as i could remember, i always had to fight. I guess I'd say, i wrote it to comfort and motivate myself to keep going and embrace that it's ok to be a fighter.

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Written on March 08, 2022

Submitted by dubeportia.orion on March 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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