Analysis of Today
I got hit with an AK-47.
A bunch of other kids got cut-up too.
I'd rather sit at home and die
of radiation from my computer,
than to go to school again
and become a ghoul.
It's not funny. Learning is so frightening
today. All the cameras brother has and
still, we are not safe. I'd hate to be a
target/kid today.
There is a cure but, they won't figure it out.
"Give 'em more guns. Give 'em more guns."
Is all they shout.
Well listen here friend let's just say.
We gotta fix this thing today.
And.
Take 'em all guns. Take 'em all guns.
Just take 'em all away.
Take all the guns away.
Scheme | AXXXXX ABXC DEDCCBECC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 0111011111 11011101 101011010 1111101 00101 11101011100 01101001010 1111111110 10101 11011111011 11111111 1111 11011111 11011101 0 11111111 111101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 9 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on June 16, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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