Analysis of Tasunka Witko
The greatest of men
he bled the truth,
his wounds for all to share
A symbol relived
a life unspoiled,
courage all too rare
The towering hawk
the thundering storm,
hailstones mark the way
A moment in time
a vision embraced
—his name the children pray
(Plane From Detroit: August 21, 2018)
| Scheme | XXA XXA XXB XXB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011 1101 111111 01001 0101 10111 01001 01001 1101 01001 01001 110101 110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 294 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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