Analysis of Corpses In The Woods
Ernst Toller 1893 (Samotschin, Posen) – 1939 (New York City)
A dung heap of rotting corpses:
Glazed eyes, bloodshot,
Brains split, guts spewed out
The air poisoned by the stink of corpses
A single awful cry of madness.
Oh, women in France,
Women of Germany
Regard your menfolk!
They fumble with torn hands
For the swollen bodies of their enemies,
Gestures, stiff in death, become the touch of brotherhood,
Yes, they embrace each other,
Oh, horrible embrace!
I see and see and am struck dumb
Am I a beast, a murderous dog?
Men violated
Murdered.
Scheme | ABBAX XXCXXBXX XCBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111010 111 11111 0110101110 010101110 11001 101100 0111 110111 10101011100 101010101110 1101110 110001 11010111 110101001 11000 10 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 490 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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