Analysis of Left or Right
Sharon Brown 1974 (Brooklyn)
There’s weight sittin on ma shoulders
Not sure which way to turn
Lessons to the left
Wise words to the right
Dancin with the devil
Singin Hymns Like an angel
Whisperin sweet melodies
Left to right
This is everyones fight.
Words of wisdom or Lessons forlorn
Not sure which way to turn
Evil To the left Innocence to the right
Dancin with the devil
Singin Hymns like an angel
Whispering sweet Melodies
Left to right
This is everyones fight
There’s an Answer in ma soul
Not sure which way to go
Devils horns to the Left
But my souls no where in sight
Dancin with the Devil
While Singin Hymns like an Angel
Left to Right .
This is everyones fight
Dancin with the Devil
Shoulda chose the Angel
The crossroads never right
What way to choose is the fight
Should I go left
Or should I go right
| Scheme | aBcdEEfDDgBdEEfDDhicdEeDDEeddcd |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111110 111111 10101 11101 11010 111110 11100 111 1111 111011001 111111 10101100101 11010 111110 1001100 111 1111 1110011 111111 101101 1111101 11010 1111110 111 1111 11010 11010 01101 1111101 1111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 824 |
| Words | 173 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 31 |
| Lines Amount | 31 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 632 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 150 |
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Making Decisions.
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