Analysis of FIREWORK NIGHT
FIREWORK NIGHT – NOVEMBER 1976
It’s Firework Night, the children yell ;
we ,have filled our “Guys” ; our pockets swell;
and Grandpa Long has had his say;
we can stay up late ,to watch the Display .
Halloween was a pure delight;
scary masks + ghostly sights ;
“grown ups” smiled, at our “trick or treat”;
pumpkin pie ,and sweets to eat .
Our Dad sold fireworks in our shop;
bangers,rockets ; we sold the lot !
Catherine Wheels, and Screechers too;
for our friends and neighbour’s true .
The cricket ground ,with stars so bright
were hosts , that cold Firework Night;
baked potatoes and hot beef stew;
warmed our hands from turning blue .
Scaffolding supported the Display in Ranks ;
to simulate war ,with Rockets and Tanks ;
that “fired shells” in blue and red;
coloured lights, in a sky that bled .
But what is this; is Grandpa ill,
he’s tumbled down ,and looks so still;
mumbling words, from an age now gone,
of comrades fallen, at the Somme .
His look of dread, it tells a story;
of forgotten dead,the lads all gory;
the Mills Bombs , mustard gas ; he wails;
machine guns blazing Paschendale .
As rocket and tanks ,start to spray;
the fireworks have turned Grandpa grey;
his limbs a quiver, in the sunset glow,
as children yell, his last breath goes .
His Old Pals Army ,were betrayed;
by champagne generals, on parade ;
the brave lads slain on Flanders Field !
Our kids eat pies , and do cart-wheels .
Grand Dad,was buried on a day remembered;
for Queen and Country; a nation dismembered ;
as Bugle played, the Last Post ceased !
No more War; we march for Peace .
But please don’t call us cowards, fools ;
our kin are dead; we learn’t your rules .
Keep a “stiff upper lip” ;our leader’s chimed ;
and that is why, all wars are crime !
Remember , remember the 5th of November ;
when children laughed, but grandpa trembled;
don’t be deceived by the Fireworks displayed ;
or more “Guys” ,will die, for a War replayed !
By John Harrison
Scheme | A BBCC DXEE XXFF DDFF GGHH IIXJ KKXB CCXX LLXX MMXX NNXJ AXLL X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010 1110101 11110110101 0111111 1111111001 0110101 101101 111110111 1010111 101110101 11101 1001011 1101011 01011111 011111 10100111 11011101 10001000101 1100111001 11010101 10100111 1111111 11010111 100111111 1110101 111111010 101011110 01110111 011101 11001111 011111 110100011 11011111 11110001 101100101 01111101 101110111 1110101010 11010010010 11010111 1111111 11111101 101111111 10110110101 01111111 0100100111010 11011110 110110101 1111110101 11100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 2,039 |
Words | 405 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 50 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
A Poem about War ,relevant to today's new generation, but also linking it to Firework Night . E Mail me -John Harrison on :- smile4u2024@yahoo.co.uk for more poems ,or my Anthology ?
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Written on October 10, 2020
Submitted by smile4u2024 on November 14, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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