Analysis of I have seen
I have seen the sun set in the frozen valleys of Bosnia.
I have seen it rise in the burning dunes of Iraq.
I have held a new born child as it breaths its first breaths of life.
I have held a dying soldier as he breathed his last.
I have tried to give life and I have taken it.
I have felt the seething anger deep inside.
I have lost love and cried.
Do these actions make me a God or a devil?
On my judgment day I will revel.
Because then the truth will be known.
And maybe just maybe I will finally find a home.
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| Metre | 1110110010101100 1111100101101 111011111111111 1110101011111 111111011101 11101010101 111101 111011011010 111011110 01101111 01011011100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 501 |
| Words | 108 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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