Analysis of I Am The American Flag
I Am the American Flag!
By Joseph Taylor
Some call me “Old Glory”, others call me, “Star Spangled Banner”,
Some fly me in front of their house, in such a manner.
I have thirteen stripes, some are red, and some are white,
They represent the thirteen colonies that won the fight.
And I also bare fifty stars, that stand for the States,
I do have a lot of American history to commemorate.
I am not just a piece of cloth to be hung, waved, or worn,
I am a symbol of this great nation, which was once adorned.
But, somehow, America has lost its spark it once had,
Which makes me and my colors truly sad.
I want to stand for a Godly nation once more,
No more riots please, and no more war.
Wave me in front of your home; wave me in your hand,
Hold to the laws, both in the Bible and the laws of the land.
I am the American flag, both faithful and true,
The “Star Spangled Banner”, red, white and blue.
Scheme | XA AABB XXXX CCDD EEFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001001 11010 111110101111010 1110111101010 111111110111 1010111001101 0110110111101 11101101001001010 11110111111111 110101111011101 1101001111111 1110110101 111110101011 111010111 110111111011 110110010001101 1100100111001 0110101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 923 |
Words | 200 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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