Analysis of black hawk down
deep in the heart of the war
where the fire burns without fuel
and emotions run without law
found shell bracelets on the wayside
yesterday is today, the night bright like day time
i build winding rivers with a rifle
i make mountains in the middle of a high school
blood is in the elements, but when i see it leave my pals i cannot sell it to them
in 3 months when my brethren are ash and dust, deaf and crushed, broken and bewildered, soldiered and in silver
the ghosts of a tuesday stand with the ferryman
to read my palms, count my bones, share my despair
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001101 101010110 00101011 1110101 10101011111 1110101010 111000101011 1100100111111111101111 011110110110110001010010 011010110100 11111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 547 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 3, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Written on March 12, 2021
Submitted on September 20, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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