Analysis of Turning Black
To write poetry on the battlefield,
is to write poetry from the heart
Words to cover the scars and wounds,
--- grief peeling back like bark
As the verse flies like bullets,
and all bayonet's attach
The volley is sharpened and to the point,
--- the blood spilled, turning black
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111001010 111100101 11100101 110111 1011110 01101 0101100101 011101 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 307 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 49 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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