Analysis of The End Of The Gentleman



The End Of The Gentleman
By Robert T. Davenport

Gone are the days of the gentleman's reign,
Where honor and chivalry were not in vain.
A bygone era, now fading from sight,
Leaving behind remnants of a noble fight.

No longer do we witness the polished grace,
Of men who adorned a refined embrace.
Their suits and ties, a symbol of respect,
Now replaced by casualness, I suspect.

Where have they gone, those men of old,
Whose words were silver, whose hearts were gold?
Their gentle manners, a soothing balm,
Now drowned in a sea of indifference and qualm.

Once, they held doors and pulled out chairs,
Now, such gestures are met with vacant stares.
Their courteous nods and polite discourse,
Lost in a world that's grown coarse.

The gentleman era, a time of esteem,
Where kindness and empathy were the theme.
A code of conduct, a moral compass,
Now buried beneath a culture so callous.

But let us not mourn, nor dwell in despair,
For the spirit of the gentleman is still there.
In the hearts of those who strive to be,
A beacon of light in a world that's not free.

Let us rise above, and reclaim the throne,
Of honor, respect, and virtues unknown.
For the gentleman's era may have reached its end,
But its legacy lives on, my dear friend.

So let us be the change, let us be the voice,
That revives the spirit, that makes the choice.
To bring back the grace, the dignity, the class,
And restore the gentleman, as time will pass.

For in this world, where chaos may prevail,
A gentleman's presence shall never fail.
So let us unite, and together we'll mend,
The end of the gentleman era, we shall transcend.


Scheme XX AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ KKLL MMNN OOPP QQNN
Poetic Form
Metre 0110100 110110 110110101 11001000101 011011011 10011010101 11011100101 1110100101 1101010101 1111000101 11111111 110101101 110100101 110011010001 11110111 1110111101 1100100110 1001111 01001001101 1100100001 0110101010 11001010110 1111111001 101010100111 001111111 01011001111 1110100101 1100101001 10101011111 1110011111 11110111101 1010101101 11101010001 00101001111 1011110101 010101101 1111001011 0110100101101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,610
Words 335
Sentences 19
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 38
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 29

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They Say Chivalry Is Dead...

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Written on July 06, 2023

Submitted by BigNuttyTheBlackBishop on December 16, 2023

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