Analysis of As Chaos Falls
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Keep on scrapping,
Keep on thrusting,
For the nation's burning urge.
Hoist that flag up high,
Bare your might,
Never eject yourself.
Sacrificed like sheep,
Whispers of mirth
From clandestine dens.
Yet the mighty
Remain untouched
As chaos falls.
Treated like kings,
Never blemished,
Never famished
In this world.
As we bleed out,
With war banners opened.
Our fate long lost,
Only scorch
And ash
As the wind demands.
Our souls purged,
A realm forever changed
By violent means.
Only blistered earth,
Caked in soot
And grime.
No fairness to be found,
Only loss and misdeed.
Cast in silence
That never ends,
A cost we must face.
With our merciless deeds
That we showcase.
Millions lost
In the dust,
Bereaved mothers
Mourn and grope.
Clinging
To the remnants
Of their babies,
The agony of loss
Can't slip away.
The innocent pay the price
For the mighty's transgressions.
As death approaches,
Collecting bones,
Our regrets come
To assembly.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110 1110 1010101 11111 111 100101 1011 1011 10101 1010 0101 1101 1011 1010 1010 011 1111 111010 10111 101 01 10101 1011 010101 11001 10101 101 01 110111 101011 1010 1101 01111 1101001 111 101 001 0110 101 10 1010 1110 010011 1101 0100101 101010 11010 0101 10011 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 974 |
Words | 208 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 50 |
Lines Amount | 50 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 741 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 158 |
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