Analysis of The Pirate and the Outlaw
It was a cool night upon my ship, the black pearl
When the gentle tide brought me a wonderful girl
A bonnie lass that had blue eyes crying in the rain
She said she was an outlaw and Lela was her name
I'm Captain Jack Sparrow, I said with a pirate smile
If it is freedom you seek, love, stay with me for awhile
She held my compass that pointed to her hearts desire
A unicorn appeared; I said this is all we require
Soon we took flight and found ourselves on dry land
Galloping near the sea on a beach of pristine white sand
Our journey took us to the air and through a waterfall
Flying like the wind riding a rainbow is all she recalled
Now we were back on the black pearl, Lela soon realized
Pirates and outlaws were the same just a different disguise
My heroes have always been cowboys, she heard the tune
Jack and Willie Nelson singing in the light of the full moon
Scheme | AABCDDEEFFGHIJKK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110111011 101011101001 0101111110001 111111010101 1101101110101 11110111111101 11110110101010 0100111111110 111101001111 10010110111011 10101110101010 10101100111101 1101101110110 10010011010001 11011111101 101010100011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 852 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 690 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 170 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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