Analysis of The Alamo
There was a man named Davy Crockett.
He came from Tennessee.
He wanted to help the Texans
Along with Jim Bowie.
Texas's army was small but strong.
The Mexicans had more men.
When the two sides met in battle
Mexico thought they would win.
The battle did not last very long.
Jim Bowie and Crockett died.
When all of the fighting was over
Women and children cried
Texas lost the Alamo.
They fought at San Jacinto.
They got their revenge and yelled the phrase
Remember the Alamo!
Scheme | XAXA BXXX BCXC DDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 110111010 11101 11011010 011110 100101111 0100111 10111010 101111 010111101 1100101 111010110 100101 1010100 1111010 111010101 0100100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 460 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on September 09, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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