Analysis of 2024 lament



Oh! Dear lord what is happening today?
For the first time in years I've knelt to pray.
Why has the sky gone suddenly dark.?
Everything so still, not a sound hark!
Oh! Lord my children are still in school
I know I'm a sinner, I've broken the rules.
Please let me try to make ammends
For today I know the world will end.
Now the sky, has gone vivid red
In two or three hours we'll all be dead
The grass is now brown, our homes tremble.
In fear and horror, people assemble
The heat is terrible, we can't stand much more.
Oh dear god, why did you choose 2024
Perhaps you will answer when it's all oe'r
When the vast crowds of humanity enters your door
You answered my prayers, my family are here.
We are all grouped together shaking with fear.
God won't you give the world another chance?
Let us once more, laugh, sing and dance.
With no more wars, and no more hate,
Make your world one big state.
We've learned our lessons, hear our plea
Look at the disbelievers on bended knee.


Scheme AABBCDDEFFGGHIHHJKLLMMNN
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110001 1011011111 110111001 10111011 111101101 11101011001 1111111 101110111 10111101 0111101111 0111110110 0101010010 01110011111 1111111 0111101111 1011101001011 11011110011 11110101011 1111010101 11111101 11110111 111111 1110101101 11011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 976
Words 201
Sentences 17
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 750
Words per stanza (avg) 187

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Possible end of world to get people to believe again.

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Written on June 05, 2024

Submitted by mikekelsall7 on June 08, 2024

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mike kelsall

 · 1957 · Rochdale

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