Analysis of Higher Ground
I refuse to talk with bigots,
does that apply to you
And freely open up my mind,
to greet the world anew
Discriminatory and hateful barbs,
divide and tear apart
What poetry tries its best to mend,
inside an honest heart
Those few most vile hide behind
their fear inspired views
That bring about the worst in us,
to slander and accuse
As days grow short, my time is spent,
beneath a sun that shines
Speaking to the highest traits
—humanity divines
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111110 110111 01010111 110101 010000101 010101 110011111 011101 1111101 110101 11010101 110001 11111111 010111 1010101 01001 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 470 |
Words | 86 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 04, 2020
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on March 04, 2020
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