Analysis of Angels , COVERED
Verlene Y Tyree 1963 (Chicago)
Security grabbed me
Spun me around
Put restrainers on my legs and wrist
Then laid me down
I started to plea
No human heard my cry
I had to use the bathroom
They’re ignoring me, why?
Something told me
That I could slip the restrainers off
Now move very slowly
Don’t open your mouth
I relieved myself
Got back on that bed
Didn’t feel any anger
Just gratitude instead
Looked up at the Lord
And simply nodded my head.
C O V E R E D !
| Scheme | AXXX ABXB AXAX XCXC XCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010011 1101 1111101 1111 11011 110111 111101 101011 1011 1111011 111010 11011 1011 11111 111010 11001 11101 0101011 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 450 |
| Words | 103 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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There was a mistake on my wording. Restrainers instead of retainers. Oops
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