Analysis of Golden Trophy



Grand thrill and shame

from praise and blame

which slight and tame

much faint and fame

both point and aim

for spot and name

at guy and dame

to light a flame

set in a frame

of any game


Scheme A A A A A A A A A A
Poetic Form Tetractys  (60%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 1101 1101 1101 1101 1101 1101 1101 1101 1001 1101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 174
Words 39
Sentences 1
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 15
Words per stanza (avg) 4
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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