Analysis of To the American People
Richard Calmit Adams 1864 (Delaware) – 1921 (Washington DC)
With your kind permission, your attention I will claim,
I am only just an Indian, it matters not my name,
But I represent my people, their cause and interest, too;
And in their name and honor, I present myself to you.
They have your sacred promise, your pledge of friendship warm,
That you would always aid them and protect them from all harm,
And in my humble efforts, as I briefly state their case,
Will you pardon my shortcomings, and my errors all erase?
I do not come with grandeur, or boast of any fame,
Rank in politics, society, or wealth I cannot claim,
I never went to college, have no title of LL. D.,
As the Great Spirit made me, is all that you may see.
With the forces that oppose me, I certainly should pause,
If I were not depending on the justice of my cause.
I am only just an Indian, who here represents his band;
With this simple introduction, I extend to you my hand.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101010111 111011100110111 1101110110101 0011010110111 1111010111101 1111110011111 00110101110111 11101100110101 1111101111101 10100100111101 11011101110111 1011011111111 10101011110011 11010101010111 111011100110111 11100101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 873 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 343 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 85 |
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