Analysis of I Am
Yeshiembet/Yeshi Gemaneh 1940 (Harar)
I am, my mother’s loved
I have lived for years with me
Admired daughter
With black face
Accepted as a sign of beauty
My hair with head band
An emblem of my originality
Adoring most of it
The realty in me
Avoiding not to be an opportunist
The self-respect developed
That reflects on others
The self-esteem acquired
Helped to back lash
Believing in self-knowing first
Than jumping and analyzing others
No great expectation in return
But strengthen self
With little complaint
And with no room for adverse or hostile
It is great that I remain
In His high care and charity
I remain, who I am
Scheme | XAXXA XA XAX XBXX XBXX XXXAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 1111111 01010 111 010101110 11111 1101100100 010111 010001 0101111010 0101010 101110 0101010 1111 01001101 110010010 11010001 1101 11001 0111101110 1111101 01110100 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 599 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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This expression, of I Am is self descriptive of self.
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