Analysis of 18
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Young man.
Soon you will be 18.
Graduating from high school.
To enter college.
From an earned and much deserving,
Football scholarship.
Words to say can not express,
Just how proud I am...
Of your efforts endeavored.
You will grow to become,
The man you are meant to be.
Regardless of who approves,
Dislikes to disapprove.
Or welcome the blooming,
You have accomplished to continue to do.
With challenges to come to test,
It will be your faith kept to bring your success.
And all you have to do is your best.
To allow happiness for you to happen!
Congratulations!
So proud of you I will always be.
KLJ
| Scheme | XAXBCXDXX XAXXCXEDEX XAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 1111 100111 11010 11101010 110 1111101 11111 1110010 111101 0111111 0101101 01101 110010 11010101011 11001111 11111111101 011111111 10110011110 0010 11111111 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 604 |
| Words | 132 |
| Sentences | 16 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 10, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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