Analysis of Selfish Humanity- Redbrae Road , Kirkintilloch
The flash car flashed passed me in a great rush
And I wondered what was he rushing to ?
Further up the road I saw the result
A dying blackbird twitching its last move.
Which made me to ask myself why, oh, why
Did he drive so fast, nothing came to mind ?
Did he not see nor care to see it die ?
Nor see the remnant of life left behind ?
Killed for no more reason than a fat man
Rushing his food then catching his breath
For feasting at a fast food restaurant
So that he too can rush to his own death.
| Scheme | ABCDEFEFGHIH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111110011 0110111101 1010111001 0101010111 111111111 1111110111 1111111111 1101011101 1111101011 101111011 110101110 1111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 502 |
| Words | 109 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 385 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 106 |
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