Analysis of stay true

Alan Green 'Guppyman'

stay true to the rivers
stay true to the seas
stay true to the meadows
stay true to the trees
stay true to the animals
stay true to the plants
stay true to the environment
stay true to the dance

Scheme ABCBDEFG
Poetic Form
Metre 111010 11101 11101 11101 1110100 11101 11100100 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 187
Words 40
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 155
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Submitted on June 15, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Alan Green 'Guppyman'

A MAN WHO HAS SOMETHING TO SAYTHAT NEEDS TO BE HEARDTHE POET ALAN GREENA MAN WHO REALLY CARESI HAVE BEEN WRITING POETRY SINCE I WAS A SMALL CHILDI HAVE GRAVE CONCERNS FOR THE ENVIROMENT AND FEAR IT MAY ALREADY BE TO LATE FOR A TURNAROUNDI AM KNOWN AS GUPPYMAN BECAUSE OF MY LOVE FOR THE TROPICAL FISH GUPPIESI REALLY ENJOY YOUR REVEIWS OF MY WORKS AS IT HELPS ME TO REFINE MY POETRY STYLE THANK YOU ALLI AM ENGLISH born and bred in birkenhead a large town on the banks of the river mersey a hard upbringing in a tough part of town known as the north end more…

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