Analysis of The Devil Wore a Keffiyeh
The Devil Wore a Keffiyeh
Last week the devil donned a keffiyeh
And sent his minions on a subhuman, abhorrent task
Initiating death, destruction and spreading fear
Reminding all of us how close we are to his hell
Opposing forces attacked in kind, an eye for an eye
No, more! Two eyes for one eye, two children for one child,
Two buildings for a home, two plots for one garden
The four horsemen of the Apocalypse, indeed, arrived
The dust and smoke embraced each other
In a violent dance more powerful than any wedding dance we could imagine
Most of us were uninvited guests just watching from afar
The devil’s orgy, his feast, his masterplan
We sit in our warm, cozy, intact cubicles
With gardens prim and proper, pruned trees, cut grass,
A feast of flowers of bright colors and delicious smells
Dollars in the bank, recreation boats in tow and Eras Tour tickets in hand
Scheme | A AXXX AXBX XBXB XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101 11010101 0111010100101 010010100101 0101111111111 01010010111111 1111111110111 110101111110 0110100100101 010101110 001001110011010111010 11100101110101 010101111 1101011001100 11010101111 01110111000101 1000101010101011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 878 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
About this poem
Thoughts about the current conflict in the Middle East
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