Analysis of Anger in the Land
Oh ther'e grieving in Oklahoma,
And there's weeping in Indiana,
There's sorrow in the prison cell
Where a man waits to die.
You'll not as me why I'm silent;
Thus, the man spoke to me.
His two eyes blazed forth anger
And his throat throbbed agony.
Did you ever see a bombing,
Ever see a frenzied mob
Mill around a blown-up building
When its done a hellish job?
Let the wind go crying yonder
In the tree-tops by the bars
Let its voice be soft and feeling
Like it was a living thing.
Yes, the day was full of terror
And the deeds were full of wrong
There is sorrow in a prison cell
And there's anger in the land!
Scheme | AABX XCDC EFEF DXEE DXBX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (45%) Quatrain (40%) |
Metre | 11100010 01100010 11000101 101111 11111110 101111 1111110 0111100 11101010 1010101 10101110 1110101 10111010 0011101 11111010 1110101 10111110 0010111 111000101 0110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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