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
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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