Analysis of MY COLOR IS BLACK

Dr. T. Pinnock 1962 (Hartford, Ct)



I came from my people.
I was put in a home because
my people could not take care of me.
All these people were around me.
I did not know what to do.
I hid my face. I did not want to look.
I made a friend name Joe, who was my best friend.
This hospital is my home.
My friend helped me to understand,
I had to leave the hospital.
I lived home for two years.
Then I came to another hospital.
They put me away,
That I didn’t understand,
Until I found out what I am,
It will be a mystery.

Theodore Arthur Pinnock
Age 8


Scheme AXBBXXXXCAXAXCXB XX
Poetic Form
Metre 111110 11100101 110111111 11100011 1111111 1111111111 11011111111 110111 1111101 1111010 111111 111101010 11101 11101 01111111 1110100 101010 1
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 498
Words 108
Sentences 13
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 16, 2
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 194
Words per stanza (avg) 54

About this poem

In this poem, there is a recorded history of the inception of Dr. ‎Pinnock's incessant desire to belong. At 8 he felt rejected and alone. Today he feels the same.

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Submitted by dr_pinnock on July 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Dr. T. Pinnock

Dr. Pinnock first wrote poetry in the institution he resided in inside a classroom at 8 years old. The typewriter was old and manual with a keyguard. A keyguard is a device with an opening for each key to prevent a person lacking fine motor skills from accidentally hitting a key. Dr. Pinnock was granted permission to use the class alone. He labored there typing for hours ignoring his cerebral palsy. Dr. Pinnock grew up with his family until August of 1970. Poverty forced his parents to make him a ward of the State of Connecticut. more…

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