Analysis of Lesson Not Learned



Ahmed complains he's unfairly treated
Yitzhak says, you get what you deserve
John is too strong to be intimidated
But Ahmed, Yitzhak and John fall dead.

Ahmed, Yitzhak and John look at each other,
And looked no further than their bathroom mirror
Each looked at himself, his face, arm and chest
Forgetting the question that was asked in the past:
"Where have we gone? What have we done?"


Scheme XXXX AAXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1001101010 101111101 1111110100 110100111 10100111110 0111011110 1110111101 010010111001 11111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 378
Words 69
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 5
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 153
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on November 01, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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