Analysis of Gaza 2023
Children cowering, crying afresh,
Seeking refuge in mother’s arms,
The thundering of aircraft high above
And the familiar world erupting in a trice
Into a volcano of mortar, and human flesh.
Men, gasping for the last breath of air,
Hands clutching earth in the final embrace,
Whispers, moans, screams of despair:
"God is Great, God is Faith, God is Grace."
Women - a dead frightened flock-
Scatter across the ruptured streets
In a frenzied search, gone amok
Their harrowing cries, punched with defeat,
Lancing the ruins of buildings deplete.
the world goes on with its daily business,
incidentally fuming over the death toll,
hiding behind emergency meetings
to cover its apathy, complicity, or lack of control?
Scheme | AXXXA BCBC XXXDD XEXE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101001001 10100101 010011101 00010110001 0100101100101 110101111 1101001001 1011101 111111111 1001101 10010101 00101101 110011101 1001011001 0111111010 01001010011 1001010010 1101100010011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 750 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
About this poem
It is a reflection on the tragedy unfolding in Gaza as the world stands by watching in disbelief
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