Ink [ballad] Poem by James Sinclair

The fifth poem is a ballad that slightly differs from the formal direction of a classic ballad, and makes use of an interesting and informal structural format. The story behind the ballad is a soldier dying in the snow and writing a letter or poem expressing how he feels. I have used 'ink' as a metaphor to indicate the darkness of human nature and my personal view that every human being has a subconscious desire for destruction and conflict. The last stanza has an irregular end rhyme on each line, which resembles that of a tongue twister. I use this to create a sense of difficulty in reading the piece; this lack of lubricity in the pronunciation of the final stanza creates an appropriate atmosphere for the connotations of my anthology.
... Again homework analysis i had to do of my poem.: p