Analysis of Graveyard Wandering
Jeffrey Powell 1979 (Pittsburgh, PA)
Here, I walk, on that precious ground
of the bravest souls to be found
Of, they that bled on distant tours,
ones fortuned here after their wars
I'm encountering aging stones
one, –somewhere here– my father owns
No less deserving – left to lie,
anonymous to passers-by
I deftly step around each plot
with thoughts of how they each had fought
Sacrifices remembered well–
Lo! the stories these vets could tell
For all the valor given forth
I'm privileged to honor their worth
A solemn prayer to myself – said
I amble on –amongst the dead
Scheme | AAXX BBCC XXDD XXEE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
Metre | 11111101 10101111 11111101 1111011 10100101 1111101 11010111 01001101 11010111 11111111 1000101 10101111 11010101 11011011 0101111 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 549 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Reflections in a military cemetery
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