Analysis of If We Are The Chosen
Jamal Upshaw 1954 (NYC)
Lord, my soul is melting
The moon is waning
Am I gravitating toward your door?
Once more,
if we are the Chosen?
| Scheme | AABBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 111110 01110 111000111 11 111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 108 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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