Analysis of Great Admiration



I have admiration for a great man
I am glad he took a stand
I know he's not now what he used to be
But he did many things for you, for me
I served under him and had no complaint
I did my duty even though I wasn't a saint
This gave me a chance to see who I was
To learn a lesson from my father above
He served his nation ever so well
He kept the peace, kept us from hell
He was a man that you could admire
He was strong even when he tired
Some people hate him to this very day
But he kept us free in his unique way
I have nothing but great admiration
For my Commander and Chief
My President, Ronald Reagan


Scheme ABCCDDEFGGHIJJKLK
Poetic Form
Metre 110101011 1111101 1111111111 1111011111 1110101101 1111010111001 1110111111 11010111001 111101011 11011111 110111101 111101110 1101111101 1111101011 111011010 1101001 1101010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 604
Words 131
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 469
Words per stanza (avg) 131

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Ronald Reagan was my 1st Commander in Chief. The Greatest President of my lifetime,... I reclaim this poem on Poetry.com as with all my poems that have returned here...

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Submitted by lukeafink on November 02, 2010

Modified by lukeafink on November 16, 2022

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