Analysis of Pawns



Pieces on a chess board, steps to take.

Depending on direction, your fates erased.

What’s worse is decisions, choice to make.

In Control or a victim, in time debate.

The debates only for, who alive but late,

Most are to the reality and loose the race.

Used for another’s strategy, open space.

For a cheque or to mate, it’s an open case.

Last but not least, some say it’s faith.

Blinded by identity and master’s plays.

Pushed to fatality, no pastor prays.

Just u, off the chess board, another pawn replaced.


Scheme A B A C C D D D X E E B
Poetic Form
Metre 101011111 01010101101 011010111 00110100101 00110110111 1110100101 111100101 10111111101 11111111 10101000101 1101001101 11101101011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 505
Words 91
Sentences 11
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 32
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Written on August 18, 2021

Submitted by Chi_Dublin on August 18, 2021

Modified by Chi_Dublin on August 18, 2021

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