Analysis of Native Land
A glorious land
Respected embraced
Til white man he came
Stripped life from her face
Reckless abandon
Insatiable greed
Centuries bounty
Replaced by his seed
Her keepers cast westward
As progress demands
Home to the strangers
Her proud native lands
A rapid extinction
By civilized hands
Uncivilized terror
No one understands
A people most gracious
A promise not kept
A motherland stolen
As mother earth wept
| Scheme | ABCDEFGFHIJIEIKILMEM |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (35%) Etheree (35%) |
| Metre | 01001 01001 11111 11101 10010 01001 10010 1111 010110 1101 11010 01101 010010 1101 010010 1101 010110 01011 01010 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 397 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 341 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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