Analysis of Mama Bear
John David Walsh 2001 (Boston)
What business do kids have in war?
Why dont more take on the chore
To shield young minds of our mess
Not enough care to address
A female soldier, men will doubt
Whispers of weakness were passed about
But in one act of ruthlessness
No quicker way was a rumor dismissed
In a flurry of blood and hair,
Not only foes, but friends watched in despair,
All we could do was stand and stare
Dont fuck with mama bear
| Scheme | AABB CCXX DDDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 11011101 1111101 11111101 101111 0110111 101100101 10111100 1101101001 00101101 1101111001 11111101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 409 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Written on October 20, 2022
Submitted by John_David_Walsh on October 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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