Analysis of Islanders



The New York Islanders is a great team,
                                  made of professional hockey players.
                                   Becoming a member is a life’s dream,
                                   but requires lots of clothing layers.

The team was founded in seventy-two,
                                   in the lovely city of Uniondale.
                          Their colors are white and orange and blue.
                                 worn by Sparky the Dragon with his tail.

Fans of the team are a crazy large crowd,
                             who fill the Nassau Coliseum each game.
                         Their fun cheers can be heard extremely loud,
                      Yelling and screaming each player’s surname!

If not an Islander, then a Ranger,
                                   Keep that a secret or you're in danger.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Poetic Form Shakespearean sonnet 
Metre 0111001011 1101001010 0100101011 1010111010 0111001001 001010110 1101101001 1110010111 1101101011 1101001011 1111110101 100101101 1111001010 1101011010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 983
Words 99
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 25

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This is about the New York Islanders

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Submitted by Baylarose1 on June 10, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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