Analysis of Until I Step Into The Boxing Ring



once upon a time
Muhammad Ali said,
i
am not afraid of
any man or anything
until
i
step into
the
boxing ring
with
fear and doubt
i
shall not fear any man but Allah
and
before each fight
Ali would pray in his corner


Scheme abCdefCgheijChklm
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 010101 1 11011 101110 01 1 101 0 101 1 101 1 111101110 0 0111 10110110
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 200
Words 45
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 10
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 169
Words per stanza (avg) 45

About this poem

Inspirational Hero...Muhammad Ali Float like a butterfly but stings like a bee! Now go ahead boy...rumble in the jungle!

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Written on September 03, 2021

Submitted by gregory_g on September 04, 2021

Modified on March 15, 2023

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