Analysis of There Is A Mess Here (America)
Jasmin Jay 2004 (Riverside California)
There is a Mess Here (America)
(by Jasmin Jay in the style of Jamal May and Clint Smith)
There is a mess here
It may be grounded and
spread out as to seem
more orderly, and no, not
orderly as in tidy or neat but
Instead well mannered, law-abiding
And well behaved, and no
Not grounded as in
sensible but Instead
grounded by the people
Like a mother would
Her son, and no the mother
Is not mad, merely
Disappointed in the sons
Choices, but all in all
There is a mess here
Filled with people, paper
Work, laws, and problems.
| Scheme | xx AxxxxxxxxxxbxxxAbx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (25%) |
| Metre | 110110100 11010011011011 11011 111100 11111 1100011 1001010111 011101010 010101 11010 100101 101010 10101 0101010 11110 010001 101101 11011 111010 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 503 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 18 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 203 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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