Analysis of Cortez
Cortez, Cortez,
Was the lucky man
Who came upon Indian land.
They worshipped him,
He wondered why,
They said: "You're the God
That came from the sky!"
The 52 time period
Has been so long,
We've been waiting for you
From dusk until dawn.
Cortez then tricked the Aztecs
And used them in vain
To claim that land
In the name of Spain!
| Scheme | XXAXBXB XXXXXCAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 0101 10101 11011001 1101 1101 11101 11101 01100 1111 111011 11011 011101 01101 1111 00111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 316 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on September 09, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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