Analysis of It's Time

Jim Lewis 1939 (Atlanta)



Here is a poem you've never seen,
I didn't write it to be mean;
I wrote this poem because I'm sad,
The news, you see, is really bad.
Ukraine and Haiti are on fire,
And Gaza waits Israelie ire.

One can only stand so much
Of war and violent human touch.
I've been in one war, witnessed four:
Eliminate God and there'll be more.

Wake up America, take a knee,
Duplicitous tongues won't keep you free.
Stay silent and you soon will face
Elimination from the race.


Scheme AABBXX CCDD EEFF
Poetic Form
Metre 110101101 11011111 111100111 01111101 010101110 010111 1110111 110100101 11011101 010101011 110100101 010011111 11001111 0010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 460
Words 100
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 4
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

Nothing except my feelings in a given moment.

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Written on January 01, 1990

Submitted by lewdog1220 on March 27, 2024

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Jim Lewis

Vietnam Vet. Retired English high school English teacher more…

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