Analysis of Descendents Of Barbarians
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Feeling it their obligated duty to represent,
The history of their ancestors.
With a pride that ignites,
An ongoing infighting amongst themselves.
Repeatedly day and night.
As if this doing achieves for them a victory!
A victory.
A victory of and over what?
The murdering of humanity?
The hoarding of resources?
Confiscated to then take where on Earth!
Earth.
The single benefactor,
A silencing of death has yet to dispute.
'How deaf, dumb and blind,
Can an ungrateful stupidity get?'
Which one of you childish little boys said that?
Was it you, Cain?
Or you, Abel?
Stop holding onto your pieces and speak!
Scheme | XXXXXA AXAXB BXX XX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 101110010101 01001110 101101 110100101 0100101 1111001110100 0100 010010101 010010100 0101100 100111111 1 010100 01001111101 11101 1101001001 11111010111 1111 1110 1101011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 610 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 3, 2, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Written on August 31, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on August 31, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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