Analysis of For Selma
Langston Hughes 1902 (Joplin) – 1967 (New York City)
In places like
Selma, Alabama,
Kids say,
In places like
Chicago and New York...
In places like
Chicago and New York
Kids say,
In places like
London and Paris...
In places like
London and Paris
Kids say,
In places like
Chicago and New York...
| Scheme | AbCADADCAEAECAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (47%) |
| Metre | 0101 10010 11 0101 01011 0101 01011 11 0101 10010 0101 10010 11 0101 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 253 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 184 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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