Analysis of Of Captains and Kings
Imagine a country with no captains or kings,
where liberty sings.
Where people work hand in hand,
to build a better land.
A locale without hate,
where each of us has a loving mate.
and no one fears their fate.
We must work as one,
until our work is done.
Scheme | AABBCCCDD |
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Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
Metre | 010010111011 11001 1101101 110101 001011 111110101 011111 11111 0110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 321 |
Words | 58 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 196 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
About this poem
Expression of political ideals.
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