Analysis of When did the revolution end?
I remember Jack...Jack Kennedy on a warm Texas day
They came and took him
yeah They did
The riots on Columbia University's campus
Looong before Rodney King
Abner Louima
Marching in Washington, chocolate city
Oh, they took Malcolm too... now the brother's want him back
too late
Do you remember my brother's Huey and Bobby
What they stood for
Went to jail for
I remember I.S.320, me a jr. Black Panther
And the A&P demonstration in Fort Greene
Boom
We didn't do it.... But who
I bet they know
they sure do
High School went fast as I remembered Bobby Kennedy...
Remember Martin... and his dream
I had a dream
Marched on D.C./ again... for Black Solidarity
Read the last poets... not for the last time/nor the first
But somewhere along the way....
The revolution had died
Nobody told me
When did the revolution end?
Did they have to take Diallo?
Please.... does anyone know?
This poem is dedicated to Prof. James A. Emanuel, I'll never forget.
| Scheme | AXXXXXBXXBCCXXXDED BFFBXAXBXXE X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 10101100101101 11011 111 01010100010010 101101 10010 1001001010 1111011010111 11 1101011010010 1111 1111 10101101110 0001010011 1 1101111 1111 111 11111101010100 01010011 1101 11101110100 1011011011101 110101 001011 111 1100101 111111 11101 110110001110010011001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,675 |
| Words | 174 |
| Sentences | 20 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18, 11, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 30 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 240 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on July 27, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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