Analysis of Ode to the pipeline
Our neighbors to the south
Have opened their mouth
And with many a gripe
Have stopped the pipe
From crossing their land
So now we must stand
And take up the fight
To do what is right
For the pipe has snaked north
And from henceforth
Soughegan High school
Will be under the rule
Of no playing with matches!
As they open the latches
For beneath their feet
Runs the gasses that heat
Not their school
For we were played the fool
But a land far away
Across the bay
And we remain cold
And do as we're told
For no word was spoken
When the ground was broken
So while the hunters are tracking
Kinder Morgan will be fracking
And if they take a bad shot
And hit the wrong spot
The pipe will explode
And empty its load
As I sit at home
Writing a poem
About the fire in the sky
And those who did die
Wondering why
We believed those who did lie
The wealth of this land
Are the people who stand
And put up a fight
To do what is right
To stop those who would profit
As they dig their deposit
And realize a gain
From the land that they stain
So please take the time
After reading this rhyme
To review the whole deal
And see how you feel
Scheme | aabb ccdD eeff gghh ffii jjkk llmm nnxx oooo ccdD xxpp qqrr |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 1010101 11011 011001 1101 11011 11111 01101 11111 101111 0111 111 111001 1110110 1110010 10111 101011 111 110101 101101 0101 01011 01111 111110 101110 11010110 1010111 0111011 01011 01101 01011 11111 10010 01010001 01111 1001 1011111 01111 101011 01101 11111 1111110 1111010 01001 101111 11101 101011 11011 01111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,072 |
Words | 227 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on January 16, 2016
Modified on March 26, 2023
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