Analysis of Person Of The Year



The game plan is sincere

the medal won is dear

The purpose is quite clear

for conquest of a fear

The victory's almost here

the finish line is near

Stand ready to give cheer

for person of the year


Scheme A A A A X A A A
Poetic Form
Metre 011101 010111 010111 110101 0111 010111 110111 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 188
Words 39
Sentences 1
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 20
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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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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