Analysis of "Heart of a Lion"

Uriel 1778 (Wisconsin)



Here lys the heart of a lion,
The system failed him no ly'in,
But here he is now he's free,
That system that failed him,
Better run flee.


Scheme ABCDC
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 11011010 01011110 1111111 110111 1011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 137
Words 32
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Written on January 19, 2022

Submitted by ariaskalel1978 on January 19, 2022

Modified on April 07, 2023

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