Analysis of Lifting up a Standard for the People
Oscar Auliq-Ice 1994 (Port Elizabeth)
A banner of hope in a world so feeble,
A symbol of strength in a time of need,
A beacon of light for those who plead.
The world is dark, and the night is long,
The people are weak, and their faith is gone,
But there is a glimmer, a spark of hope,
That can help us all to cope,
Lifting up a standard for the people.
It starts with one, a single voice,
A choice to stand up, to make a noise,
To lift a standard high in the air,
And show the world that we still care.
For too long we've been beaten down,
By the weight of hate and the fear of clowns,
But it's time to rise up, to take a stand,
To lift our heads and raise our hand.
To say that we won't be silenced,
To declare that we won't be cowed,
To show the world that we won't give up,
No matter how hard the road is now.
For we are the people, we are the light,
We are the ones who will make things right,
And we will lift up a standard high,
To shine a light in the darkest sky.
So let us stand together, side by side,
And let our voices be heard far and wide,
As we lift up a standard for the people,
And show the world that we are still equal.
Scheme | ABB XXCCA XXDD XXEE XXXX FFGG HHAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011001110 0101100111 010111111 011100111 0101101111 1110100111 1111111 1010101010 11110101 011111101 110101001 01011111 11111101 1011100111 1111111101 1110101101 11111110 10111111 110111111 110110111 1110101101 110111111 011110101 110100101 1111010111 01101011101 11110101010 0101111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,106 |
Words | 267 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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