Analysis of Boys Of Summer
a tribute to the boys of summer
baseball's high and mighty
to those who played the game with grace
like joltin Joe and Whitey
hard work and dedication
swung Casey's heavy bat
and most of all they loved the game
you can be quite sure of that
the crack of the bat...the roar of the crowd
the smell of fresh cut grass
fathers and sons making memories
the kind that will forever last
I still get chills when I see the old reels
of the Babe pointing up to the sky
and after all these years I still can't hide the tears
when I hear Gehrig's recount of that final goodbye
So long to the boys of summer
To Mickey and Roger and Joe
I like to think they're still playing somewhere
and giving one h*** of a show.
Scheme | ABXB XCXC XXXX XDXD AEXE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (40%) |
Metre | 010101110 111010 11110111 11101 110010 110101 01111101 1111111 011011101 011111 100110100 01110101 1111111011 101101101 010111111101 111100111101 11101110 11001001 111111101 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 682 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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