Analysis of Tashunka Witko—Beyond Self
A man clad in mystery,
history would learn
His face on the mountain,
immortality earned
A man from tomorrow,
reliving today
Intrepidly fated
—truth on display
(Crazy Horse Monument: May, 2008)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0110100 10011 111010 01001 01101 01001 010010 1101 1011001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 186 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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