Analysis of Jazz Baby
Tabitha J. Bryson 1973 (Indianapolis, Indiana)
I hear the music
I drink some gin
the 1920s
are alive again.
Look at this dress
its sequins & beads
come & share a dance
charleston with me!
Alive & well
this Flapper is free
away in my jalopy
in 1923.
| Scheme | XABX BXXC XCCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010 1111 01 10101 1111 1101 1101 1011 011 11011 0101010 0 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 202 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Written on July 05, 2009
Submitted by tabbycat_b on September 16, 2021
Modified on March 18, 2023
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