Analysis of Syria



The faces of the few dictate the masses.
Alawhites' suppressing Sunnis' and Shi'ites'.
Carving a scar into the war torn landscape.
The wavin' flag.
Symbolising this country's civil conflict
Costing the lives of many
Innocent soul,
Women, children.
Millions search for their most basic of human rights.
Which are broken up
Abandoned in the Syrian countryside.
Nations throw diplomatic punches
Trying to resolve the situation
Boots.
Boots on the ground?
No boots at all?
Heavyweights shoving their status around
As they find holes in the fabric of international society.
The disbelieving faces of the TV watchers
As they see tortures unfold in HD.
The old
The sick
All slowly dyin'
Creating mass graves of festering flesh.
No dignity
No respect
The fowl stench carries memories.
It follows the wicked
A message from the dead.


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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 795
Words 134
Sentences 16
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 29
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 666
Words per stanza (avg) 134
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Submitted on May 20, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Tom Breakwell

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