Analysis of Crossing America
Dust has gathered on a photograph of you.
The years you weathered from the storm called
life has taken its toll.
There you sit with lines and creases upon
your face, hands cracked from bending over
washing floors and scrubbing dishes.
All the meals you cooked without the kindness
of a thank you.
Life was hard crossing the parries. If you
stood before me now, I would say thank you
for being strong to braving a new world.
I'm looking at your photograph now from a
distant past. My great grandmother's crossing
America in a covered wagon with my fathers
Dad.
Scheme | ABCDEFGAAAHIJKL |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1110101011 011101011 111011 1111101001 111111010 10101010 1011101010 1011 111100111 1011111111 1101110011 1101110110 101111010 01000010101110 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 545 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 447 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 101 |
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Submitted on May 26, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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