Analysis of In Memoriam of a Patriot
Preserving family, and faith,
She served our liberty's cause,
Heroic veteran came home,
Her honor never on pause.
As a patriot, she came to speak,
Make sure her voice is heard,
As a citizen she came unarmed,
And yet, by a coward, was shot.
As a champion of stars and stripes,
The banner wrapped her breast.
In disbelief, such hate she saw,
When she took her dying breath.
Last moments of her life were cold,
No comfort from brothers in arms,
No honor guard, or volleys shot,
No taps, or half staffed flags.
Powers that be, will have all think,
That she had erred to come.
To air her grievances is "sin",
So now her life's undone.
Their media collared dogs bark loud,
Full of the most rabid lies,
"Our constitution matters not!"
"Insurrectionist had to die!"
Purest intent, to keep our homeland safe,
They gladly would malign.
And oh so quickly freedoms die,
On our descent... to Tiananmen
Scheme | XXXX XXXA XXXX XXAX XXXX XXAB XXBX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010001 11101001 01010011 0101011 101001111 110111 101001101 01101011 101001101 010101 0011111 1110101 11010101 11011001 11011101 111111 10111111 111111 11010011 110101 110010111 1101101 10010101 1111 1001111011 110101 01110101 110011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 900 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted by RosenkrantzA on January 30, 2021
Modified by RosenkrantzA on July 04, 2021
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