Analysis of My Girl
Raymond Crocco 1960 (Mississippi)
I met this nice old girl
Prettiest to me it seems
I said why not give it whirl
Definite girl of my dreams
My girl said to me
You’re a decent guy
You’ll be alright
You’re a decent guy
Just move the clouds and let the light shine through
She and I used to talk a lot
I didn’t understand her very well
I always got things tied into knots
But the day our relationship fell
My girl said to me
You’re a decent guy
You’ll be alright
You’re a decent guy
Just move the clouds and let the light shine through
Well Wednesday night came
There was nothing I could do
I loved her just the same
It was too late to do what I had to do.
My girl said to me
You’re a decent guy
You’ll be alright
You’re a decent guy
I’ve moved the clouds and the light shines through.
| Scheme | ababCDEDFghihCDEDFjfjfCDEDf |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 1001111 1111111 1001111 11111 10101 111 10101 1101010111 10111101 11010101 11111011 101100101 11111 10101 111 10101 1101010111 11011 1110111 110101 11111111111 11111 10101 111 10101 110100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 764 |
| Words | 154 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 27 |
| Lines Amount | 27 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 582 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 154 |
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