Analysis of K'an
His face appears hard from years of work
yet his eyes tell the story of a kind and caring soul.
An English born boy
grows up in South Africa
and spends his days sailing around the world.
Most would hesitate to place an identity on such a man,
yet anyone who’s been to Africa
knows that he is South African.
Something changes in your heart
when you live the life of an African.
Your face becomes more serious;
but your eyes become kinder, your smile grows wider.
And your loyalties lie in the red dirt and roots of the acacia trees.
He has a voice that haunts me long after he is gone.
A raspy South African accent when he speaks
but a young Bob Dylan when he sings.
He is full of contrasts and contradictions
and so I am drawn to him.
My mind says no
but my body and soul say yes.
Scheme | XX XAXXAB XBXXX XXX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 110111111 11110101010101 11011 1101100 0111100101 111011101001101 110111100 11111100 1010011 1110111100 11011100 111011011110 011001001101100101 1101111110111 010110001111 101110111 1111100010 0111111 1111 11100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 763 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 6, 5, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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