Analysis of The Small Boy
The small boy is in awe of the spectacle,
The night sky is criss-crossed by fingers of bright light.
At a sudden, the plane is caught, all fingers point to it.
The small boy sits between nonno and nonna on a bench.
It’s late in the night, it’s damp in the cellar, the murmurs are muted.
A cat moves swiftly along; the ceiling starts to crumble; darkness ensues.
The small boy shares a seat on the train with his seniors.
The sun reigns on the country landscape, cool air comes in the open window.
The roar of aircrafts empties the carriage, but terror wanes with the vanishing sound.
War never ends, it merely pauses.
War takes no notice of small boys or girls.
I know. I was that small boy.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110110100 011111110111 10100111110111 011101101101 11001110010010110 011100101011101001 0111011011110 01110101111001010 0111100101101101001 110111010 1111011111 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 698 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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War
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Written on September 15, 2022
Submitted by joegagliano on September 19, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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