Analysis of A Soldier's Burden



Two warriors
Seeking the comfort-understanding of another
 Of deeds that can not be forgotten
 Events that will always be untold

In the name of country- a cause
 Relevant? it might have been
 I had time and time again
 Committed the most hideous of sins


Scheme XXXX XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1100 100100101010 111111010 01111101 00111001 1001111 1110101 0100110011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 247
Words 44
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted by bkurple on August 21, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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