Analysis of An ode to the U.S. marine corps



Semper fidelis
Always will stay faithful to
God, land, sea, and air

We are the Marines
Two hundred twenty-nine years
We've been honor bound

Semper Fidelis
Always will stay faithful to
God, land, sea, and air

To guard our homeland
From enemies domestic
Or from foreign lands

Semper Fidelis
Always will stay faithful to
God, land, sea, and air

Whether being those
Serving now or the former
Honor bound 'til death

Semper Fidelis
Always will stay faithful to
God, land, sea, and air


Scheme ABC aax ABC xxa ABC axx ABC
Poetic Form
Metre 11 111101 11101 11001 1101011 11101 11 111101 11101 11101 1100010 11101 11 111101 11101 10101 1011010 10111 11 111101 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 458
Words 83
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 54
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Lucian Tower

I began writing Lyrics, short stories, and poetry some 43-years-ago. When I was in high school, during the 60s, I met the great Robert Frost. He spoke to me about my real elementary attempts at writing and poetry. He took some time with me, after assembly hall and told me to not stop writing. Now, that I have been around the world as a USMarine, and have lived through 2-years of the Vietnam War, I still am writing. Now at 63-years-old, I am enjoying being on Poetry.com with you all. I was born 12/21/1948, in Worcester, MA. There I began trying to write lyrics at 5-years-old, on my Grandmother's piano -- this has been a life-time ambition/Hobby for me. I live now in Gallatin, TN, and I am disabled/retired from the vietnam war.This is how I move around and, hopefully, meet others of like mind/spirit. I am mostly American Indian and 4th Generation Irish in the USA. My poetry are moments, which I've seen, and lived during my life. I believe allpoetry are photos, or glimpses into moments of life. Styles have changed over the years, and it is in reading/listening to others' poems that give poets ideas and imaginations to build their own style. This is who I am, as a man, who simply loves the written arts/preforming arts. Keep on writing!Lucian Tower. more…

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