Analysis of Being Black in America
Kenneth R. Jenkins 1961 (Augusta, GA)
Is it enough
To being Black in America
To being in America?
First fired
Last hired
First to die
First to be jailed
last for opportunities
And sometimes
None at all!
Is it enough
To die for America?
If we die then who will
Stand up for us
Or take our place?
It is enough
To being Black in America
To be Black in America?
HELL NO!!!!
11 Oct. 2003
| Scheme | ABbccxxxxxAbxxxaBbx x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (35%) Etheree (35%) |
| Metre | 1101 110100100 11000100 110 110 111 1111 110100 001 111 1101 1110100 111111 1111 11101 1101 110100100 11100100 11 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 344 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 19, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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