Analysis of Cries Un-ignored
Former Yugoslavia we have not forgotten your slaughter.
Cries from war torn Sarajevo are forever echoed.
The killing fields of Cambodia have not been
buried in our hearts and minds.
People of oppressed North Korea we hear your shrieks of agony.
Sierra Leone you are not alone.
Horrified images from the holocaust shall never leave us.
Sudan you have not been forsaken by your fellow man.
Impoverish war torn Africa has not been abandoned.
Israeli and Palestinians we feel your pain.
Iran’s cries for liberation are not ignored.
Bali, Casablanca, Madrid, Tanzania, Kenya,
and New York City
Your blood was not shed in vein.
Evilness knows no boundaries but love an compassion
Know no worthy adversary.
Past, present, and future voices crying in pain
We hear you and you shall not be ignored.
Scheme | X X X X A X X X X B C X A B X A B C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100100111010110 1111010101010 01011100111 10010101 10101101011111100 0100111101 10100101011011 01111101011101 01011100111010 010001001111 011110101101 1001001010010 01110 1111101 111100111010 1110100 110010101001 1110111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 779 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on November 11, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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