Analysis of BORINQUENEERS

JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)



On Veterans Day, the 65th Infantry Regiment
From the U.S. Army's all-hispanic unit
Will always represent
Puerto Rican veterans fighting spirit


Scheme ABCB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Simple 4-line
Metre 11001011100100 10110101010 1101 1101001010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 143
Words 22
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Puerto Rican blood spilled for America.

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Written on November 10, 2021

Submitted by jb809499 on November 11, 2021

Modified on April 06, 2023

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