Analysis of Of January
Jelly P. Brown 2006 (Michigan)
It's January,
The month of beginnings.
Maybe this year, I can
Stop losing and start winning.
January, my
Month of mistakes,
Is when I start being real
And stop being fake.
This year, as the world
Slowly but surely turns,
I shall see how many
Lessons I can learn.
I haven't read Proverbs,
But I have read Psalms,
Keeping God's Holy Bible
In my lap and palms.
Every chapter, every day,
Has become a new lesson.
The only good way is God's way,
And that's my only impression.
| Scheme | AXXX XXXX XXAX XXXX BCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Quatrain (20%) |
| Metre | 1100 011010 101111 1100110 1001 1101 1111101 01101 11101 101101 111110 10111 110110 11111 1011010 01101 100101001 1010110 01011111 01110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 452 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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