Analysis of The Learned White Man



The learned white man approached
the young brave
with determination and assurance in his cause.
'Young Savage.' he said
'You are a brave and mighty warrior
but unlearned and backwards in thought.
I will show you the way of the white man.
Intelligent and civil.'

'Ayiyiyiyay.' hollered the young brave,
his tribes bravest,
before burying his tomahawk
in the learned white man's brow.


Scheme XAXXXXXX AXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 011101 011 100100010011 11011 1101010100 1101001 1111011011 0100010 110011 1110 01100110 001111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 383
Words 72
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 152
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted by JeremiahCrane on July 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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