Analysis of Restrain



It's just but a fear that saves; a holy inaction.
Folded fists  without a punch, a forgiveness.
A no tune from all the raging thoughts, a sage.
That is favourable when regret compares.
A second thought of a heavy breathing warrior
When a clinged sword sees nothing off the  shield.

A word that would have caused blood bath;
A tongue that would brought kings prowling;
A move that would waken a lion;
A hunt that would have created homeless;
All through restrain has a man won.

A man who has suffered regrets
Is one who deafed the noble restrain.
It's all about taming thine boasting beast.
Alluring lures lifted by  unfavourable ruling.

Do not dare make a comparison of meaning
Between restrain and the act to do nothing;
The latter is the shell for all the inactions
That left a prince begging for freedom.
But a king could postpone a battle.

It's all about becoming strict and holding back,
Weighing the bag and predicting the profits.
It's all about running off a fight when it isn't time,
 knowing time to hate or love in words and in face.

Have you seen a hitman work away
Down the track of a new district
Refusing to show his strength, none at all,
To a Lad who ran an errand  for lewd lord ?
Such is  restrain, a waiting for a time so ripe.


Scheme ABXXXX XCABA XXXC CCBXX XXXX XXXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1110111010010 10101010010 01111010101 11110101 0101101010100 1011110101 01111111 01111110 011110010 0111101010 11011011 01111001 111101001 1101101101 0101101110 111100100110 01010011110 0101011101 110110110 101101010 110101010101 10010010010 11011010111101 101111101001 11101101 10110110 0101111111 10111110111 110101010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,256
Words 260
Sentences 15
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 163
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Written on February 02, 2024

Submitted by chukwuebuka.nworie.pg95258 on February 02, 2024

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