Analysis of No Words



The Lord came to our little town,
a babe in arms, fragile and pure.
He grew as all God’s children do
to live and work in God’s own land,
by healing sick – through God’s own hand.

When on the cross so crucified,
the New-Found Christians blamed the Jews,
creating loathing and hatred
never witnessed across the lands,
murdering them – through their own hands.

Hitler’s Nazis pervaded lands.
They whipped, burnt then banned Jewish man.
Jews lost jobs, their homes and their lives,
as part of Hitler’s cleansing plan –
their deaths this time – on Hitler’s hands.

No words describe this holocaust.
No words convey this genocide.
No words can ever replace loss
of jobs, of wealth, or lives so lost.
No words…


Scheme XXXAA BXXCC CDXDC EBXEX
Poetic Form Etheree  (35%)
Tetractys  (25%)
Metre 011110101 01011001 11111101 11010111 11011111 1101110 01110101 01010010 10100101 10011111 1100101 11111101 11111011 1111101 1111111 1101110 1101110 1111011 11111111 11
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 727
Words 143
Sentences 10
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 137
Words per stanza (avg) 31

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We must learn from history! But do we?

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Written on December 04, 2023

Submitted by susannaelliott on April 11, 2024

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Susanna Elliott-Newth

Susanna is a teacher, living near the coastal fringes of the Illawarra Coastline in NSW, Australia. Her environment is her stimulus for her writing. She has published four books of short stories, as well as her own memoir book, and writes educational resources for teachers. more…

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