Analysis of Semper Fidelis
David Cronk 1977
The brave press forth
Upon command
No venue lost
Air, sea, and land
In light of day
Or dark of night
No force on earth
Shall quell their fight
To shield from harm
Those who intend
Grateful are
Those they defend
The fiercest foes
Do they dispense
With sacrifice
In our defense
In countries name
By any means
The few, the proud
US Marines
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD XEXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 0111 0101 1101 1101 0111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1101 101 1101 0101 1101 110 01001 0101 1101 0101 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 345 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Written on January 01, 2022
Submitted by DaveCronkBuffalo on September 28, 2022
Modified by DaveCronkBuffalo on January 17, 2023
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