Analysis of "Tis Well"
A giant of a man
to whom history bows
As schoolboy’s sing
his legend proud
Our rivers symbols
where freedom flows
Through nighttime crossings
in driving snow
That freezing winter
at Valley Forge
The enemy slept
our hope restored
Embracing conflict
in search of peace
As patriots bled
our bonds released
A giant of a man
to whom history bows
In debt we live
our souls endowed
The first to lead us
the first to pray
The last to leave us
‘Tis Well’ this day
(Valley Forge Memorial Chapel: June, 2022)
| Scheme | ABxc xxxx xxxx xxxx ABxc dede x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (48%) |
| Metre | 010101 111001 111 1101 101010 1101 1110 0101 11010 1101 01001 10101 01010 0111 11001 10101 010101 111001 0111 10101 01111 0111 01111 1111 1010100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 513 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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