Analysis of Saga of Manhood
Long, long ago
There was a boy
With war on his brain
And blood on his honour
Long, long ago
There was a man
With peace on his brain
And blood on his honour
Long, long ago
There was a battle
With blood on a sword
And a dead man standing
Long, long ago
There was a boy
With fury in his veins
And blood on his brain
Long, long ago
There was a boy
Who became a man
For want of his own; standing dead
Long, long ago
There was a man
With hatred in his blood
Who thrashed at the world
Long, long ago
There was a man-a boy;
For want of a father
To set him straight
Long, long ago
There was a man
Who ate at the world
That ate of him
So long ago
Now, long since
The man, really a boy
I stand in this
Black abyss they call Life
A lone warrior
Posing a question-
What went wrong?
Scheme | A B c D A E c D A x x x A B x c A B e x A E x f A b d x A E f x a x b x x d x x |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (48%) Etheree (33%) |
Metre | 1101 1101 11111 01111 1101 1101 11111 01111 1101 11010 11101 001110 1101 1101 110011 01111 1101 1101 10101 11111101 1101 1101 110011 11101 1101 110101 111010 1111 1101 1101 11101 1111 1101 111 011001 1101 101111 01100 10010 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 816 |
Words | 214 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 40 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 15 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
About this poem
I tell the story of a man and a boy, since he couldn't tell it himself.
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Written on October 09, 2022
Submitted by belzies123 on October 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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