Analysis of Children of War
After the plume settles
I seek, scavenging
Rubble, debris
Without my lens
I’ve no clarity
I weep
Vultures squall
‘Neath this ruin
Awaits a feast
I… can’t… see
| Scheme | X XAXA XXXX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 100110 11100 1001 0111 11100 11 101 1110 0101 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 177 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Child buried before their parent
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