Analysis of Step Forward and Donate with Honor
Limestone etched monuments rise from the fertile grass.
In rows and diagonals in all directions.
The only movement small flags,
Waved by the breeze.
Occasional flowers,
Adorn the sacrifice.
In the distance more manicured grass,
waiting.
Waiting for the monuments.
Waiting for the flags.
Waiting for the occasional flowers.
Waiting, waiting for the ultimate sacrifice.
Step forward and donate with honor.
Scheme | ABCDEFAGHCEFI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11100110101 010010001010 0101011 1101 010010 01010 001011001 10 1010100 10101 1010010010 10101010010 11001110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 405 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 329 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
About this poem
I’m a disable Vietnam veteran. While waiting for my wife to arrive at the airport In Minneapolis, Minnesota, I had time to visit the Veterans Memorial Cemetery nearby. The following is a result of that visit.
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