Analysis of Dance Beneath the Silver Appalachian Moon




My soul is as old as the mountains of Appalachia

And I still believe raising hell like the outlaw Jesse James

In this country where the eagle flies free

I am a free man

Walking this earth till the coach says son, “Games over.”

But until then, I'm gonna play by rules

And shoot for the moon

And dance beneath that silver Appalachian moon


Scheme X X X X X X A A
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101010100 01101101101101 0110101011 11011 101110111110 1011110111 01101 01011100101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 333
Words 65
Sentences 2
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 33
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted on October 29, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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