Analysis of Cherokee
Michael C McAdoo 1974 (Phoenix Az)
A home invaded by men who crusaded.
To find new land, they took from native man.
Pale face men with guns of steel, left a pain that all could feel.
Native man left the home he knew, where his children lived and where he grew.
Throughout the land was greed, they learned to survive and succeed.
As they left a trail of tears, native man was filled with fears.
Sadly, they made a new home and fought to make it their own.
Again they had to move on, what was theirs was now all gone.
Left with nothing but their dignity, they stood a mighty people the American Cherokee.
Michael C McAdoo
| Scheme | A X X X A X X X X A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 010101111 1111111101 11111111011111 10110111111010111 01011111101001 11101111011111 10110110111111 01111111111111 11101110011010100010010 10110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 594 |
| Words | 130 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
About this poem
About the plight of the Native Cherokee Nation
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Written on February 12, 1993
Submitted by Mikeadoo1974 on December 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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