Analysis of No atheists in a foxhole
ED GIARDINA 1949 (NYC)
NO ATHEISTS IN A FOXHOLE
When the artillery is bellowing all around you !
The bodies in a line !
The helpless fear surrounds you !
You feel your out of your mind .
Then prayers come from nowhere !
You ask not to die !
You'll find a sudden peace in the din of silence !
You will not wonder why !
For you know that in the morning , you have survived the night .
No atheist in a foxhole , can live through this bloody fight .
When they count the bodies , and declare who's right or wrong ; the last standing will sing a victory song .
No atheist in a foxhole can ever truly pretend .
Something out there saved him .
Life can live again .
So , when your world is troubled , and you need a friend ; remember that foxhole , and how your knees would bend .
In your desperate timeless moments , know that you will survive .
Kiss the ground you walk on .
You are still alive !
If the day sky is blackened darker than coal , be brave , as no atheist in a foxhole .
| Scheme | ABCBDEFGFHHIJKLJMNMA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
| Metre | 1100001 10010011001011 010001 0101011 1111111 11111 11111 110101001110 111101 11110010110101 11000011111101 111010001111101101101001 11000011101001 101111 11101 11111100110101011011111 01101010111101 101111 11101 101111010111111100001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 937 |
| Words | 172 |
| Sentences | 19 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 721 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 202 |
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Submitted on January 24, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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