Analysis of My Mojo Light - Blues Poem #12
My days and nights
death in between
trouble in front—behind
The devil hijacking my
fondest dream
trouble in front—behind
She said she loved me
then said it twice
trouble in front—behind
The day I got fired
she turned to ice
trouble in front—behind
I pass out stoned
and wake up hard
trouble in front—behind
With time my warden
and sentence scarred
trouble in front—behind
My children’s names
now others call
trouble in front—behind
The doctor warns…
“Not one more fall”
trouble in front—behind
Excuses inked
across my chest
trouble in front—behind
The good got better
but the worst got best
trouble in front—behind
My eyes stay swollen
my mojo light
trouble in front—behind
The river rolling
the falls in sight
trouble in front—behind
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)
| Scheme | xxA xxA xbA xbA xcA dcA xeA xeA afA xfA dgA xgA x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 1001 100101 010101 101 100101 11111 1111 100101 011110 1111 100101 1111 0111 100101 11110 0101 100101 1101 1101 100101 0101 1111 100101 0101 0111 100101 01110 10111 100101 11110 1101 100101 01010 0101 100101 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 817 |
| Words | 127 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 13 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 37 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 48 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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