Analysis of William Tell Remembered



A flash of light,
a cloud of dust,
a joyous moment
beneath the rust

A hearty vision
with silver streaks,
unmasking boyhood
—in memories deep

(Garrett Hill Pennsylvania: March, 2021)


Scheme XAXA XXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 0111 0111 01010 0101 01010 1101 11 01001 1010101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 175
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 48
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted by sage48 on March 16, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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