Analysis of Christopher Columbus



Christopher Columbus, he sailed the Ocean blue.
Christopher Columbus, he watched for me and you.
He sailed and sailed and sailed and sailed and
Sailed all over the sea.
Christopher Columbus, he found America!


Scheme AABCD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 100010110101 100010111101 110101010 111001 100010110100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 204
Words 34
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 168
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on February 04, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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