Analysis of Heros lost



Home to the Brave
where did we stray
tragicly parts are still away
some place over the rainbow
there now lays a piece of heroism
Trapped by our grief
but we have memories
If your world is torn down
I'm going to stand up for the lost
and tack any action at all cost.


Scheme ABBCDEFGHH
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 1111 111101 111001 111011100 11101 111100 111111 110111101 011010111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 256
Words 54
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 210
Words per stanza (avg) 54
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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