Analysis of This is our duty

Joe L. 1968 (Fresno)



our duty is not
to ask why, only to do
that is our duty


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 101011 1111011 111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 55
Words 14
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 41
Words per stanza (avg) 14

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A poem about the workplace

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Written on December 22, 2022

Submitted by Satan_1 on December 22, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Joe L.

Hispanic male, 54 years old, working two jobs to support my family. more…

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