Analysis of The Victim's Voice
THE VICTIM'S VOICE
My anger is against the fanatics
Not with their entire race
The few whose madness exceeds the tallest tower
The few who shoved a bomb down America's face.
They say they're listening to Allah
But Christians, Jews and Muslims all know
To take a life is against G-d's will
Most of us still think so.
Osama Bin Laden said:
To kill is every Arab's obligation
We all know this is false
As we grieve with our congregation.
Why are they willing to die
And take innocent people along?
What's their evil motivation
As they sing the Devil's song?
What will the skyline be without the Towers?
What will home be without a parent?
What will be the outcome of this?
War is certainly apparent.
Now New York is a song without a tune
A pen without any ink
We all gazed in absolute shock
As we watched the towers sink.
Israel would turn to us
Whenever they were bombed
But now who shall WE turn to?
"The L-rd is our shepherd" says the psalm.
Make peace, strive for peace
That's what we want to hear
Well, when will this dream come true?
Certainly not this year!
But now we must console the victims
That is their greatest need
Tell them this won't happen again
If the victim's voice, we heed.
Matthew Saunders
September 12, 2001
Scheme | X XABA XCXC XDXD XEDE FGXG XHXH XXIX XXIX XJXJ FB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101 1101010010 1110101 011100101010 011101101001 111100110 110101011 1101101111 111111 0101101 1111001010 111111 111110010 1111011 011001001 1110010 1110101 1101101010 111101010 1110111 11100010 1111010101 0101101 1110101 1110101 1001111 010101 1111111 01111010101 11111 111111 1111111 100111 111110010 111101 11111001 1010111 1010 010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,275 |
Words | 276 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
A poem I wrote the day after 9/11/2001
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