Analysis of A Soldier Goes To War
A soldier goes to war for:
Love of country and way of life.
To protect his parents, siblings, children and wife.
He puts his life on the line for all of this and more...
The kids at school, apple pie and the girl next door.
The reasons for war are rarely ever clear,
Yet he fights on and on without a fear!
Governments around the world may dispute.
But a soldier's reasons to fight are beyond repute!
For, love of country and way of life.
To protect his parents, siblings children and wife!
Margaret Barton-Wahl, proud mother of an American soldier.
| Scheme | abBaaccddbB x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101111 11100111 101110101001 1111101111101 011110100111 01011110101 1111010101 1000101101 1010101110101 111100111 101110101001 10010111011010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 538 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 214 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on November 14, 2010
Modified on March 25, 2023
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