Analysis of A thing called courage
Matt Starking 1987 (Africa)
a thing called courage
it will only open a new page
if I did not cross the oceans
I would have been left alone
I would have been lost
and I wouldn't have seen
what lies beyond the oceans
the road to heaven
is paid with righteousness
for I was lost in the wildness
a thing called courage
that which unleashes you from the cage
the body is just a vehicle
transporting the soul
for there was nobody to love
nobody to console
nobody to talk to
wondering what to do
a thing called courage
it will only open a new page
| Scheme | ABcdefcghhAbijkjllAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (45%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 01110 111010011 11111010 1111101 11111 011011 1101010 01110 111100 11110010 01110 110101101 010110100 01001 111111 1110 1111 100111 01110 111010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 512 |
| Words | 102 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 410 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 102 |
About this poem
Courage, courageous, motivational, inspirational
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Written on July 07, 2007
Submitted by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on June 09, 2022
Modified by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on June 21, 2022
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