Analysis of Having Met Heroes
I sat in the truck of a flying tiger
It was a cold, yellow Ford
The tiger wasn't yellow
He was old
I have tried, but given up remembering
The heroes name. I just can't
But there was a great impact
Just the same
I wish I could say, we discussed his
flying
It was a short encounter
Not imaginary, we
Really did
The company of heroes is overwhelming
I have met a Rough Rider
A moment to remember
I still do
I had become tremendously excited
No person ever did this
No individual had
Ever, yet
His individualism, replete with
A determined spirit, could
Overcome one's, too meek
Easily
Thanks for the ride, opening the
experience
Heroes really do exist
My life consists of these things
Quite often
Something that, if I had a little child, I
Would surely tell them, about
It was simply fulfilling
Heroes are
Scheme | AXXX BXXX XBACX BAAX XXXX XXXC XXXXX XXBX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001101010 1101101 0101010 111 11111010100 0101111 1110101 101 111111011 10 1101010 101001 101 01001101010 1110110 0101010 111 11010100010 1101011 101001 101 100100011 0010101 10111 100 11011000 0100 1010101 1101111 110 10111101011 1101101 1110010 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 783 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 04, 2023
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