Analysis of Adversity
Jonathan Conway 2009 (Greenville, OH)
In the face of adversity we must stand tall
When worst comes to face we must not fall
We must not be apathetic but unphased
Knock me down once and you will only get praise
Knock me down twice and I will shake your hand
Knock me down thrice and my reaction will be bland
Our convictions must not become fragile
For even our mind tends to travel
A dark, dark place
May we not have foreboding petulance
For many faults we make haste
We must not think of our belittled thoughts as irrelevant
Maybe we have but lost it all
But I tell you brother, you must stand tall
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 001101001111 111111111 111101011 11110111011 1111011111 111101010111 10010110110 1101011110 0111 1111010100 1101111 1111110010110100 10111111 1111101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 574 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 450 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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A reason to stand tall and hold our heads up.
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