Analysis of A Man Ahead.
Deciding not to talk
he took a walk
saw a lonely stalk
seated in a rock
standing away from its flock
it seemed to have a mental block
and was in a status locked
as it stared at him from the dock
he went forward and got knocked
by its grace which was in great stock
appreciating its tenacity without a mock
he went ahead chiming like a clock,
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111 1101 10101 10001 1001111 11110101 0100101 11111101 1110011 11111011 0100101000101 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 336 |
Words | 69 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 272 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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Submitted on November 14, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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