Analysis of Walls



Great walls of the castle will never protect us
for it can fly.
Incredible netting in the sky will never suffice
for it can walk.
Tremendous amounts of firepower never stood a chance
for it has thick armor.
But we still protect our kingdom

Until we perish evermore.


Scheme XXXXXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 111010110011 1111 01001000111001 1111 0100111010101 111110 111011010 0111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 264
Words 48
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 107
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Written on September 10, 2021

Submitted by thomasiwarren2005 on October 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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