Analysis of The Bandit
Upon his way to rob a Bank
He paused to watch a fire;
Though crowds were pressing rank on rank
He pushed a passage nigher;
Then sudden heard, piercing and wild,
The screaming of a child.
A Public Enemy was he,
A hater of the law;
He looked around for bravery
But only fear he saw;
Then to the craven crowds amaze
He plunged into the blaze.
How anguished was the waiting spell
Of horror and of pain!
Then--then from out that fiery hell
He staggered forth again:
The babe was safe, in blankets wrapt,
The man flame lapt.
His record was an evil one,
Of violence and sin.
No good on earth he'd ever done,
Yet--may he Heaven win!
A gangster he . . . Is it not odd?
--With guts of God.
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GXGXCC HIHIJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111101 1111010 11010111 110101 11011001 010101 01010011 010101 11011100 110111 11010101 110101 11010101 110011 111111001 110101 01110101 0111 10111101 110001 11111101 111101 01011111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 784 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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