Analysis of Sonnet 1
Charles Edward York 1966 (Saigon, Vietnam)
When troubles arrive without any warning
Amidst our labors and leisure unexpected
Fail not we must to steady till morning
Our focus on that which must be protected
When darkness comes to steal at night
Those things we treasure and hold dear
Ready courage and vigilance to stand and fight
For our freedom and survival demand they appear
When evil invades determined to take
All we hold precious and dearly claim
Whisper in silence and sincerely make
To the Source of Life beyond all names
And so we must to combat our despair
Endeavor to raise our voice in prayer.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001011010 011010010010 1111110110 101011111010 11011111 11110011 101001001101 11010001001101 1100101011 111100101 1001000101 101110111 01111101001 0101110101 101101 111110111101100010101010010111111010100100010110010100101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 835 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 2 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 336 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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