Analysis of He's Still in Vietnam
It's 1990 and he's still looking back
Upon a monsoon rain, from a one room shack.
No where to run, no where to hide,
My Brother still in Viet Nam.
When the sun goes down and he is feeling low,
Wondering who Captain's gonna send on patrol,
Twenty days straight in the jungle you know,
Does something to a young mans soul.
It was Bobby, Billy, Freddie, Teddy and Joe
The five man team that had to go,
They never returned and the silence grows,
My brother still in Viet Nam.
They were marching one day down near the DMZ,
Near friendly village, everyone believed,
All of a sudden a little boy steps out,
Then there were soldiers laying all about.
Now he walks these streets so late at night,
I hope he knows I'm so proud he went to fight
He's gotta give it up get on with his life,
My Brother still in Viet Nam.
Scheme | aabCdededdfCghiijjkC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1011101 01001110111 11111111 11010011 10111011101 100110101101 1011001011 11010111 111010101001 01111111 1100100101 11010011 1010111101 110101001 11010010111 1101010101 111111111 11111111111 11011111111 11010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 788 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 623 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 157 |
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