Analysis of July In Georgy

James Weldon Johnson 1871 (Jacksonville) – 1938 (Wiscasset)



I'm back down in ole Georgy w'ere de sun is shinin' hot,
W'ere de cawn it is a-tasslin', gittin' ready fu' de pot;
W'ere de cott'n is a-openin' an' a-w'itenin' in de sun,
An' de ripenin' o' de sugah-cane is mighty nigh begun.

An' de locus' is a-singin' f'om eveh bush an' tree,
An' you kin heah de hummin' o' de noisy bumblebee;
An' de mule he stan's a-dreamin' an' a-dreamin' in de lot,
An' de sun it is a-shinin' mighty hot, hot, hot.

But evehbody is a-restin', fu' de craps is all laid by,
An' time fu' de camp-meetin' is a-drawin' putty nigh;
An' we's put away de ploughshare, an' we's done hung up de spade,
An' we's eatin' watermelon, an' a-layin' in de shade.


Scheme AABB XCAA CXDD
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 1110110100111111 1001111101110111 1001111101101011 1111111110101 111010111111 11111111101 1111101101011 111110110111 111011111111 111111101101 111011101111111 111100101011
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 663
Words 128
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 155
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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James Weldon Johnson

James Weldon Johnson was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and early civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership within the NAACP as well as for his writing, which includes novels, poems, and anthologies. He was also the first African-American professor at New York University. Later in life he was a professor of creative literature and writing at Fisk University. more…

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