Analysis of Soldiering On...
The dead never get to say goodbye,
as they charge across the line
Finality left to those who live,
still victimized by time
The dead never get to say hello,
a bust that’s now recast
Their sacrifice a milepost
—beyond the futurepast
(Valley Forge: January, 2021)
| Scheme | XXXX XAAA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01101111 1110101 010011111 110011 011011101 011101 11001 0101 101100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 257 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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