Analysis of When The Words Won't Come (Blues Poem #13)
Whatchu gonna do when
the trim is gone
Whatchu gonna do when
the right turns wrong
Whatchu gonna do when
the whistle blows
Whatchu gonna do when
your feet say no
Whatchu gonna do when
the man comes knockin
Whatchu gonna do when
that devil’s laughin
Whatchu gonna do when
your train don’t run
Whatchu gonna do when
the words won’t come
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)
| Scheme | Ax Ax Ax Ax Aa Aa Ax Ax x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 0111 11011 0111 11011 0101 11011 1111 11011 0111 11011 1101 11011 1111 11011 0111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 378 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 33 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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