Analysis of Lest We Forget
The rock,
stands against the wind
in centuries old calm
Counting the years until
our baptism,
sinking deeper still
Stoic to tell
lest we forget, engraved
on a hill of blinding sun
Of barefoot
painted dancers,
and children—future come
(Mesa Verde Colorado: October, 1976)
| Scheme | XXX ABA XXX XXB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01 10101 010011 100101 10100 10101 1011 110101 1011101 11 1010 010101 1010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 261 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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