Analysis of My Name Is Sawyer but They Call Me Black
Nathaniel Sawyer 1993 (Marina CA)
I, too, have a name and it’s not black.
I am the black man they forget. They send me to blue colour jobs Although I can’t complain because it’s better than prison or death, But I laugh, I am educated and in debt but they used to beat people like me for my smart mouth. I grow strong as they mock my skin.
Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When I bring back Black Wallstreet. Nobody'll dare Say to me, “You’re only a black man,” Then.
Besides, They'll see how strong, intelligent, and beautiful I am And be ashamed—
My name is Sawyer, but they call me Black.
Scheme | A X X X A |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111010111 11011101111111111101011101101111111100001111111011111111111111 01111010111111111111100111 01111101000100110101 1111011111 |
Characters | 564 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 84 |
Words per line (avg) | 22 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on November 17, 2020
Modified on March 25, 2023
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