Analysis of MLK Poem
What will go down
As the Greatest demonstration
As a great beacon of hope
This was a promise…
To his hallowed spot
Of the fierce urgency
We cannot be satisfied
That unearned suffering is redemptive
I have a dream
Every valley shall be engulfed
Every mountain shall be made low
This is our hope
Rough places will be made plains
The glory shall be revealed
And all shall see together
This is our hope
This is faith
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We will be able to transform
Into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood
| Scheme | xxax xxxx xxxA xxxA xxxx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1111 1010010 1011011 11010 11101 101100 110110 1011001010 1101 100101101 100101111 11101 1101111 0101101 0111010 11101 111 11 11110101 010100100110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 475 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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