Analysis of Someone else's war
Jack Graham 1975 (Belfast)
Then unbelievably there was silence
thought I caught your past in the act, creeping
Attempted manipulation of love
sneakers quiet into your room while sleeping
Always a spare hand to cover your mouth
as you draw your fearful, breath, to protest
Kindness never a grace, as used against
attainments to the past plead no contest
I'm ready to jump in, voice as fists raised
for I was dragged up, amongst the broken
Lived and died for and in every moment
love was action oriented, unspoken
Facts are simple to follow, hard to swallow
hardest part of healing is letting go
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC DD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101001110 1111100110 010001011 10100111110 101111011 111110111 1010011101 11011110 1101101111 1111101010 10110010010 1110100010 11101101110 1011101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 569 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
This is a love poem about wanting to protect those we love even when it's their struggle not our own. That not all love is spoke aloud sometimes it's better viewed from actions
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