Analysis of mind over guns
Have you ever raced the rain,
and stare down the barrel of a shot-gun?
Have you ever out-shone the sun,
and stare down the barrel of a shot-gun?
Your alarm clock goes tick-tack, tick-tack;
mine… is the sound of a Glack Nine.
Have you ever walked the concrete jungle – the tigers’ lair,
and wrestled with men like grizzly bears,
and stare down the barrel of a shot gun?
Have you ever heard the screams of mothers who lost their sons,
and seen the face of a child with eyes red like blood;
crying for the father she dearly loved,
and stare down the barrel of a shot-gun?
Were you ever there when the jungle come alive
and only the lowly survive,
while staring down the barrel of a shot-gun?
Can you play the games on the streets?
Have you ever seen dogs eating brains on the streets,
and stare down the barrel of a shot-gun?
Have you ever seen a tussle of souls;
guns versus knife?
Shut your trap; let experience speak,
for you don’t want to stare down the barrel of a shot-gun.
Scheme | xAaAxxxxa xxxAbba ccAxxxa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 0110101011 11101101 0110101011 101111111 11011011 11101001100101 010111101 0110101011 11101011101111 010110111111 1010101101 0110101011 011011010101 01001001 11010101011 11101101 111011101101 0110101011 1110101011 1101 111101001 11111110101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 967 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 252 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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