Analysis of Bloody Harlan



Of Ambrose Metcalfe
Very little is known
From bloody Harlan
As lawman he stood alone.

A gold star and six-gun
He wore with pride.
Upholding the law
'Til the day that he died.

Just for some ice cream
He rode into town.
By ruthless assassins
He was gunned down.

In bloody Harlan
The killers went free.
A young mother cried,
Where is justice for me?

Ambrose had brothers,
Or so they say.
Justice was served
The bloody Harlan way.


Scheme XABA BCXC XDXD BECE XFXF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1110 101011 11010 1101101 011011 1111 01001 101111 11111 11011 110010 1111 01010 01011 01101 111011 1110 1111 1011 010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 407
Words 79
Sentences 9
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 67
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on December 18, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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