Analysis of We Miss You Foster
We Miss You Foster
We miss you Foster
for all the games
you called.
The abashing
enthusiasm
resonated
from wall to wall.
For it was
Hockey Night in Canada
every fall we shared.
Knowing
once a week
you would
still be there.
Glued
was the family
to their
T.V. sets
at the start of each night.
We turned up the volume
and turned down
our lights.
We thank you
for what you gave us
as children
of the past.
For the sound
of memories
that would
forever last.
Everyone had a bowl
of homemade popcorn
and a bottle of coke.
While Foster
called out
the opponents' names
this fired
and provoked.
Every person
at Maple Leaf Gardens
was just common folks.
They screamed
in a wild frenzy
on every check
and a poke.
We thank you
Again Foster
for what you brought
to the game.
You will always
be remembered
As Foster
the voice
from the hockey
Hall of Fame.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 11110 1101 11 01 0100 100 1111 111 1010100 100111 10 101 11 111 1 10100 11 111 101111 111010 011 101 111 11111 110 101 101 1100 11 0101 10101 1111 001011 110 11 00101 110 001 10010 110110 11101 11 00110 11001 001 111 0110 1111 101 111 1010 110 01 1010 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 787 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 4, 3, 4, 8, 4, 4, 3, 5, 3, 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 56 |
Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on July 05, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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