Analysis of In Memoriam To A King (2)
Never in the archipelago's history has anyone
Been so loved (and missed) in all barrios, towns
And cities in a scale so big and in meaning so heartfelt.
He lived wanting to touch even more...
So he "threw himself in" as a player
In the country's deadliest game. And--clean and hard,
He played it, but sadly was "put down"--big time
And mocked and divested "to the bone"
As one who did not have the right
And this 'other' stuff...and guts?
He lost the game, but not the love and support
Of countless millions of die-hard fans--
Bullish all (even months after his untimely passing)
In their belief that, like the heroes he played so
Gentlemanly and gallantly in all his movies,
He won the game he played.
And from where I stand--as a compatriot and a fan,
I declare standing tall and unafraid:
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Metre | 10001100110 11101010101 01000111001011 111011101 1110101010 001010010101 11111011111 010010101 11111101 011011 11011101001 110101111 10110110101010 010111010111 1000010001110 110111 01111100100001 101101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 774 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 608 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 143 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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