Analysis of Harlem To Paris
Those living in Harlem
want to live in Midtown
The people in Midtown
the Upper West Side
The Upper West Side on
the Long Island Shore
The Long Island Shore
in Aspen or Vail
Aspen or Vail
to the beaches in Cannes
The bathers in Cannes
to the Champs Elysees
People always search for where
life can begin
A place that remains distant
and far out of reach
Any excuse to look outward
and not in themselves
Theirs souls left in turmoil
—their hearts not at rest
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)
| Scheme | xa ax xB Bc cd dx xx xx xx xx x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110010 11101 01001 01011 010111 01101 01101 01011 1011 101001 01001 10110 101111 1101 0110110 01111 10011110 01001 11101 11111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 494 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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