Analysis of Eagles Dare



You climb up a mountain
for the beautiful view

Its challenge seductive,
a call to renew

The higher it takes you
the farther you see

With freedom the distance
—that lies in between

(Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania: December, 2020)


Scheme XA XA AX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 111010 101001 110010 01101 010111 01011 110010 11001 110010010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 216
Words 38
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 35
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on December 01, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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