Analysis of EVEN DOVES CAN DIE
EVEN DOVES CAN DIE
In the Park the children laugh and play
Near by the Lovers kiss and walk their way
An explosion roars without warning
Lives changed forever this morning
The Lover hears his loves final cry
She leaves this world where even doves can die
The drums of war start their beat
Echoing through each empty street
People cry, “Raise our nation!
Our strength shall be salvation!”
The nations flags kiss the sky
In this world where even doves can die
The Lover blinks, to clear his head
His love is lost, forever dead
Now this dove has become a hawk
With a soldier's look and killer’s walk
‘Cause he never learned to say goodbye
In this world where even doves can die
The cannon fire, a demonic roar
Missiles fly the Hell of war
Eagles rise, Hawks will fight
They know the cause is right
Still they hear every mother's cry
In this world where even doves can die
The Lovers a hawk with a broken wing
Paid the prices hawk’s duty will bring
In his final moments he sees his lost love
At her smile the hawk becomes a dove
So at last he learns goodbye
Joins his love where doves don't die
Scheme | a bbccaa ddeeaA ffggaA hhiiaA ccjjaa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111 001010101 1101010111 101010110 11010110 010111101 1111110111 0111111 10011101 10111010 10111010 0101101 011110111 01011111 11110101 11110101 101010101 11101111 011110111 0101000101 1010111 101111 110111 111100101 011110111 0100110101 101011011 01101011111 101010101 111111 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,115 |
Words | 224 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
About this poem
This isn't an anti war poem. Nor is it an anti peace poem. As a soldier who's been to war I know how horrid war is. Yet I'm not a pacifist. The bad guys don't care if you're a dove or a hawk, they'll kill you just the same. Personally I don't think we'll find lasting peace until Heaven. The best we can hope for us moments of peace as in the park before the explosion
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Written on January 26, 2025
Submitted by crucifiedinhim2 on January 26, 2025
Modified by crucifiedinhim2 on January 26, 2025
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