Analysis of Taps
I listen to that music as it plays every night.
I can't help but feel a sadness and pride
For those who fought an those who died
I think of those who charged ahead and gave their lives
So today we can have a freedom that still survives
I can't help but think of them as they went off to war
I wonder if they really knew what they were fighting for?
I go silent and lower the lights
as I listen to that music as it plays every night.
| Scheme | ABBCDEEFA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011101111001 1111101001 11111111 111111010111 1011110101101 1111111111111 11011101110101 111001001 111011101111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 424 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 338 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 90 |
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Submitted on July 27, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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