Analysis of Appease on your knees, Will never get peace!



Long history had taught us.
From very early on,
Appeasing an aggressor,
Will sink you like a stone.

And be they hordes of Mongols,
or brown shirts of Reich,
Misguided who surrendered,
From thenceforth did not rise.

And prudent choice it wasn't,
Fear made them bend the knee.
Forgiveness was not offered,
But only killing spree.

Those foolish, fearful cowards,
Who do not stand and fight,
Submissive, meek, what have you,
Their enemies shall smite!


Scheme XXXX XXAX XBAB XXXA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 1100111 110101 0101010 111101 0111110 11111 0101010 11111 0101110 111101 0101110 110101 1101010 111101 0101111 110011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 433
Words 75
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted by RosenkrantzA on June 12, 2020

Modified by RosenkrantzA on June 12, 2020

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