Analysis of Be a Reggae Ras-Tafari-Mon
JAH-Ras-Tafari.
A righteous song of i-an-i.
Be a reggae ras-tafari-mon.
An fly away from Babylon.
Reggae music deh ya fi tan.
Let’s sing it all ovah di lan.
All nation will ovahstan.
Dat reggae is a freedom song.
Fly away from confrontation.
Keep on singing yuh freedom song.
An mek Zion yuh native homelan.
An mek Zion yuh native homelan.
All nation-dem kyan overstan.
Betta fi do right dan fi mek wrong.
So rejoice wid a sweet sweet song.
Celebrate life wid riddim all night long.
Reggae music deh ya fi tan.
Let’s sing it all ovah di lan.
All nation will ovahstan.
Dat reggae is a freedom song.
JAH-Ras-Tafari.
A righteous song of i-an-i.
Be a reggae ras-tafari-mon.
An fly away from Babylon.
JAH-Ras-Tafari.
A righteous song of i-an-i.
Be a reggae ras-tafari-mon.
An fly away from Babylon.
JAH-Ras-Tafari.
A righteous song of i-an-i.
Be a reggae ras-tafari-mon.
An fly away from Babylon.
| Scheme | ABCD EECF xfCC cfff EECF ABCD ABCD ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 01011111 101111 1101110 1101111 1111111 11011 1110101 1011010 11101101 11101101 11101101 110111 101111111 10110111 10111111 1101111 1111111 11011 1110101 111 01011111 101111 1101110 111 01011111 101111 1101110 111 01011111 101111 1101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 902 |
| Words | 192 |
| Sentences | 32 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 32 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
This reggae poem, “Be a Ras-Tafari-Mon,” celebrates the soul’s universal thirst and quench for freedom, and is written with repetitive stanzas, in a format that can be set to music. Reggae has its genesis in music like the Jamaican hit folk song, “O Carolina,” written in a ska genre format in 1960, and composed by the Folkes Brothers, John, Mico, and Junior, my first cousins on my father’s side. This poem pays tribute to their legacy.
Written on January 15, 2022
Submitted by karlcfolkes on January 15, 2022
Modified by karlcfolkes on May 27, 2023
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