Analysis of Reparation



We are burning figures alight
With flames of vengeance and fury
We are the bones of the women
That you tried to bury
With that fragile divine femininity
Towering over your heads
You thought we were docile
But we’re ruthless instead
We are wild and feral
And we are only our own
We spit out the rage
Only our shadows have known
We weave webs with the strings
Of our tormented history
We trap you and tear into
The meat of your tender patriarchy
We are ugly and powerful
We are everything you hate
With hands of gods
And eyes of fate


Scheme ABCBBDEFEGHGIBJBEKLK
Poetic Form Tetractys  (25%)
Etheree  (25%)
Metre 11101001 11110010 11011010 111110 1110010100 1001011 111010 101001 111010 01110101 11101 1010111 111101 11010100 1110101 011110100 11100100 111011 1111 0111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 537
Words 106
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 429
Words per stanza (avg) 102
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