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,


Scheme AAABBBCBCBBB
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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