Analysis of Katharine The Great



Bigger than every stage
she commanded
Greater than the sum
of her parts
Braver than the men
who adored her
Sharper than the image
—that endures

(Tribute To Hepburn-Bryn Mawr College: May, 2023)


Scheme XXXXXXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 1011001 1010 10101 101 10101 1010 101010 101 10110110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 197
Words 34
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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