Analysis of The Great Horse

John Ellis 0948 (Biloxi,Ms)

Ode


There is a story i know about a horse who,s white as snow. His legs were strong and he wore a golden horseshoe. One day there came a race for him, who rode on his back a boy named Kim. The horse Kim knew would win the race because he kept an even pace. They were about half way around when Kim and horse fell to the ground. The crowd stood up and not a word was said because they knew that great horse was dead. So, to this day come September that great horse people remember.


Scheme A
Poetic Form
Metre 11010110101111111010110101111101111111101110111110101111101100111011101110101110101110111111111111101011110010
Characters 476
Words 98
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 1
Lines Amount 1
Letters per line (avg) 370
Words per line (avg) 97
Letters per stanza (avg) 370
Words per stanza (avg) 97

About this poem

Original writing in 1999

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Written on May 07, 1964

Submitted by jfe0014 on July 01, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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