Analysis of Defender
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
In this moment, I am
Attempting all that I can,
Clutching tight to who I am,
Playing the part of defender,
Fighting to remain
Rooted each day
As chaos threatens to mislead.
The nights sag on forever.
Still, I'm reciting this venture,
Attempting to bring surety to the fray.
My thoughts are jumbled,
Direction imprecise.
At times,
I want to leave it here.
| Scheme | ABACDEFCCEGHIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011011 0101111 1011111 10011010 10101 1011 11010101 0111010 11010110 01011100101 11110 01010 11 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 370 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 278 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Written on June 04, 2023
Submitted by JoeStrickland on June 04, 2023
Modified by JoeStrickland on July 12, 2023
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