Analysis of NO WHITE FLAG
Life is not a stroll
In the park.
It's a reach for something
In the dark.
You have to keep what
Matters close.
Memories come back and
Haunt you like a ghost.
We are the
Strong ones.
Still standing when
Hell comes.
Things change in the
Blink of an eye.
Still drinking when
The well runs dry.
Doing the right thing,
Lay it on the line.
Still believing when
The sun doesn't shine.
We can handle a
Hard day's night.
We won't quit when
It doesn't go right.
Have to man-up when
The time comes.
Life brings it, and
Then some.
We face adversity with
A stiff upper-lip.
No white flag,
We go down with our ship.
Scheme | XABA XXCX DXEF DGEG BHEH DIEI EFCX XJXJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (63%) |
Metre | 11101 001 101110 001 11111 101 100110 11101 110 11 1101 11 1100 1111 1101 0111 10011 11101 10101 01101 11100 111 1111 11011 11111 011 1110 11 1101001 01101 111 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 660 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Written on May 30, 2022
Submitted by Turbo1904 on May 31, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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