Analysis of Flags Above



The war was over but the occasional shot was heard in the distance.
My body atranced was heaving with dust and gunpowder.
We walked back with shuddering shoulders not quite believing what we'd been told.
The smell of blood urched from the hospital beds as we passed for a quick nurse check up.
Sighs of relief stared out of the eyes of each company.
I looked down at the dog tags I'd handed in to the relief office.
My letters were almost readable that day as hope of seeing a lost soul family was shattered once again.
Picking up a semblance of village life would be my next and last operation.


Scheme ABCDEFGH
Poetic Form
Metre 011101001001110010 110111011010 111110010110101111 0111110101111101111 11011110111100 11110111100100110 110011001111110011100110101 1010101101111101010
Characters 592
Words 111
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 59
Words per line (avg) 14
Letters per stanza (avg) 475
Words per stanza (avg) 111

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Written on October 10, 2021

Submitted by heathert.34240 on October 10, 2021

Modified on March 26, 2023

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Heather Lydia Thornhill

Moods and mindsets poetry. Published. Book in progress: Don't talk rot. more…

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