Analysis of Wars and Rumors of Wars
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Battles in New Mexico
Life in a house of death
We pray we’ll have Thanksgiving
Even with our final breath
There are many demons
In a land they call enchantment
Anger, envy, bitter strife
And most of all resentment
But this is where I need to be
Until I overcome them
The battles rage inside my gates
So, I cannot run from them
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 100110 100111 111110 10110101 111010 00111010 1010101 0111010 11111111 011101 01010111 1110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 330 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Written on October 01, 2016
Submitted by dawg4jesus on August 17, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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