Analysis of Toy Soldier
He moves and jumps to his own beat,
moving over hills and under mounds.
He stands fierce and fearless
in the many faces of danger.
Flying through the air,
he hits the ground with a thud.
The toy soldier lies awaiting
his next mission.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011111 101010101 111010 001010110 10101 1101101 01101010 1110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 227 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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