Analysis of Robert E. Lee
Stephen Vincent Benet 1898 (Bethlehem) – 1943 (New York City)
The man was loved, the man was idolized,
The man had every just and noble gift.
He took great burdens and he bore them well,
Believed in God but did not preach too much,
Believed and followed duty first and last
With marvellous consistency and force,
Was a great victor, in defeat as great,
No more, no less, always himself in both,
Could make men die for him but saved his men
Whenever he could save them was most kind
But was not disobeyed was a good father,
A loving husband, a considerate friend.
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Metre | 011101110 01110010101 1111001111 0101111111 0101010101 11010001 1011000111 111110101 1111111111 0101111111 1110110110 01010001001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 497 |
Words | 96 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 393 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 94 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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