Analysis of The Murder Of A Child



The title of this poem
Is pregnant with
Confirmation of the
Existence of ‘evil’.

Since the beginning of
Creation because of a
Creature’s opposition
To our Creator.

The latter opposition
Opened the gates of hell
For generation after
Generation of our species.

Yes, we all have experienced
Evil via sin which history
Confirms is the enemy
Of our species.

Whose activity in this century
Is the mass daily murder
Of children within their
Mothers wombs.

Come! let us imagine
The reality of a child
Conceived by a mother-
A fellow human being!

An innocent child whose
Memory will not survive
And lack the love of their
God created mother.

What joy he who opposed
Christ must experience when
A mother or a father agree
With  the murder of their child.

Oh, yes, outside mental institutions
There are men and women who
Should be within the latter as should
Be politicians whom the baby killers support.


Scheme XXAX XABC BXCD XEED ECFD BGCX XXFC XXEG XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 0101110 1101 01010 010110 100101 0100110 10010 110010 010010 100111 101010 01011010 11110100 101011100 0110100 11010 1010001100 1011010 110011 101 111010 010101 011010 0101010 110011 1001101 010111 101010 111101 1101001 010101001 1010111 111110010 1110101 110101011 101010101001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 870
Words 155
Sentences 10
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on February 05, 2019

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Liam Ó Comáin

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