Analysis of Red
He’s hated home
Hated the brick, hated the floors
Hated everything about it
When the call came he rejoiced that he can leave
Excited for adventure and stories
Can’t wait to see the green earth
But when he saw what war actually was
The horrors he saw
Committed
Committed in the name of his country
He always heard screams, crying, insane laughter
Explosions on this black earth
Smells that will never leave his mind
Sights that will never leave his eyes
All he wanted to do now was go home
But red covered what once was a beautiful uniform
All he wanted to do now was go home alive and not die on this hellscape that was somehow glamorized
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKFLMANO |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 10011001 1010011 10111011111 0101010010 1111011 1111111001 01011 010 0100011110 1111100110 0101111 11110111 11110111 1110111111 1110111010010 111011111101011111111100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 642 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 17 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 515 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 119 |
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Written on October 18, 2022
Submitted by RyanB on October 18, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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