Analysis of ATTUCKS! (or Among the first to die) Independence Day Challenge
ATTUCKS! (Among the first to die)
Enough! The redcoats abound!
The colonies we have made
Our home, this land
Here, I am a black
Native of the soil this
Boston proper and yet
They push and shove the young
Do we not serve the same king?
Do we not worship the same Lord?
Tyranny? Oppression? Perhaps
Here we will make a stand
Even if the cobble stone streets
Must run red with our blood…
(Happy fourth of July!)
Soundtrack: “Do Nothing till you hear from me- Sonny Sttit”
| Scheme | A XXB XXX XXX XBX X A A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010111 010101 0100111 10111 11101 101011 101001 110101 1111011 11110011 10001001 111101 10101011 1111101 10111 111011111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 459 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on August 21, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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