Analysis of For Syria ❤



Look behind the enemy lines
 you'll be amazed at what you find
 Dictators and Governments shaking hands
 as land is seized at their command.

They fail to highlight the slaughter
 they forget to name the martyr's
 those who die in vain
 to tell the world of their sorrow and pain.

Restless souls wail
 on a land of barren soil
 against all odds roses grow
 the blood of the dead once again raise their head.

Thorns protect their place of rest
 seeds of love are sown
 the world looks on oblivious
 as roses continue to grow.

Women and children slaughtered
 when will this madness end
 what goes around comes around
 Karma has no friend.


Scheme AXXX XABB XXCX XXXC XDXD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Etheree  (25%)
Quatrain  (20%)
Metre 10101001 11011111 0100100101 11111101 1111010 1011101 11101 1101111001 1011 1011101 0111101 01101101111 1011111 11111 01110100 11001011 1001010 111101 1101101 10111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 620
Words 113
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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