Analysis of Distress Call



My friend you're in distress,
Please give me your position.
I'll leave here right away
And fight off opposition.

I will come to your rescue swiftly,
But you're lost and know not where.
Then find some way to signal me
With light or fire or flare.

Should I reach you in a mess
To find you amidst a war,
I'll take up arms and fight along,
Since that's what friends are for.

If I find you held captive,
I'd gladly take your place.
For me it is a simple choice
There's far worse things to face.

So dear friend when you call out,
I’ll promise to come through.
For you are very dear to me,
It's what all true friends do.

Gelene Beverly
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Scheme ABXB CDCD AEXE XFXF XGCG CA
Poetic Form
Metre 111001 1111010 111101 011010 111111010 1110111 11111101 1111011 1111001 1110101 11110101 111111 1111110 110111 11110101 111111 1111111 110111 11110111 111111 1100 1
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 641
Words 124
Sentences 10
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on May 03, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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