Analysis of Founding Fathers

Matt Starking 1987 (Africa)



you have done quite
an excellent job
the day of rewarding will come
when all the truth will be revealed
to the future generation
for fulfilling your pledge
to the people of this generation
you gave us inspiration
in you did we get our motivation
we come together as a nation
even though we were just a people
we went astray
but look at us today
a lost people without a leader
you brought us together
and gave us hope for the future
the source of every smoke
is the fire
and a pleasant smell
from a flower
you liberated us and made us stronger
God bless you Nkrumah
you are our founding father
even though your foes
undermine the fact that
you are a symbol of change
you are our new destiny
we will still live your legacy
you are a man of integrity
we now have a dream
we have a theme
no matter what they say
we can now see the way
like martin Luther king
racism do not mean a thing
you fought for that which is right
so we can now see the light


Scheme ABCDEFEEEEGHHIIIJIKIICILMNOOOPPHHQQAA
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 11001 01101011 11011101 1010010 101011 101011010 111010 0111110010 110101010 101101010 1101 111101 011001010 111010 01111010 0111001 1010 00101 1010 1100101110 1111 11101010 10111 10011 1101011 11101100 11111100 110110100 11101 1101 110111 111101 110101 1011101 1111111 1111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 944
Words 189
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 37
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 756
Words per stanza (avg) 189

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Founders day, founding fathers, Kwame Nkrumah, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr, El Salasie

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Submitted by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on June 21, 2022

Modified by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on July 20, 2022

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