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


Scheme XAX XX AXX XX X
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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