Analysis of Ames — 1967
The country was turbulent on TV,
but not in Iowa
The ‘Times Were A Changing’ for most to see,
but not in Iowa
There was more to sound than snippets or bites,
back then in Iowa
Each voice was heard when spoken and free,
back then in Iowa
The kindling burned in most other states,
but not in Iowa
Ideals were being traded, their price was blood,
but not in Iowa
The generations still talked and listened together,
back then in Iowa
The world made more sense away from the madness
—back then in Iowa
(Dennison Iowa: June, 1980)
Scheme | aB aB xB aB xB xB xB xB x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101100111 110100 0100101111 110100 1111111011 110100 111111001 110100 010101101 110100 01010101111 110100 001011010010 110100 01111011010 110100 1001001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 514 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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