Analysis of I am so Honored
I am so honored.
By the company I keep.
Birds of a feather.
My companions cheer me.
Writing their ode in verses.
In celebration.
Many languages expressed.
Much honor given.
A staff of comrades writing.
Writing their odes in verses.
It was my birthday.
Nineteen Eighty Six the year.
June the twentieth.
My friendly colleagues writing.
Writing their odes in verses.
With your permission.
I share their words of praises.
And their sentiments.
These, my bilingual comrades.
Writing their odes in verses.
Their poem’s title.
Sung to the tune of a song.
‘Karl The Genius.’
The song, “La Cucaracha.”
(Have I become Franz Kafka?)
[P-P-S-S Two One Seven.
Is a Bilingual United Nations.
All the delegates have voted.
Karl to be our Poet Laureate.
Karl’s a Poet.
Karl’s a scholar.
Karl’s genius well acclaimed.
Karl philosophizes.
Karl mesmerizes.
The Calypso of Jamaica Fame.
(Marta leads)
Karl es un poeta.
Karl es un erudito.
Karl es un genio bien aclamado.
Karl filosofea.
Karl memoriza.
El calypso de Jamaica.
(Jean leads)
Kalo se met ve.
Kalo ret nan liv.
Tout moun chapo ba pou li.
Pale filozof.
Chame ke tout moun
Kalo ak kalipso-Mevey.
(Susan leads)
Ka shr shr-ren.
Ka shr swye je.
Ka shr yi ge da tyan chai.
Ka Ben sye jwo.
Ye nen chang ge.
Ka dwei kong Dz nen Jing pei.
(All)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARL!]
The years have gone by.
And strong friendships have been made.
That last forever.
These, my bilingual comrades.
Writing their ode in verses.
Thank you my comrades.
A poet has been honored.
I am so humbled.
These, my bilingual comrades.
Writing their ode in verses.
And you now, new friends.
Have joined my faithful comrades.
To read their verses.
These, my bilingual comrades.
Writing their ode in verses.
With much gratitude.
I give thanks to everyone.
All with compassion.
These, my bilingual comrades.
Writing their ode in verses.
Scheme | axbcD exefD gxxfD edxHD xxxij exxk kbxddx laaamdj lcmcmem lxcixxg xx xxbhD haxHD xhdHD xeeHD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 1010011 11010 101011 1011010 0010 1010001 11010 011110 1011010 1111 1110101 10100 1101010 1011010 11010 1111110 01100 110101 1011010 11010 1101101 1010 0111 1101110 11111110 1001001010 1010110 1111010100 1010 1010 110101 11 11 00110101 101 1111 1111 111111 11 11 1011010 11 10111 10111 111111 11 1111 10111 101 1111 1111 1111111 1111 1111 1111111 1 1011 01111 0110111 11010 110101 1011010 1111 0101110 11110 110101 1011010 01111 111101 11110 110101 1011010 1110 111110 11010 110101 1011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,866 |
Words | 403 |
Sentences | 73 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 6, 7, 7, 7, 2, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 78 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
On June 30, 1986, thirty six years ago, my colleagues at New York City’s Office of Bilingual Education of the New York City Public Schools, celebrated my birthday with a wonderful surprise by together composing a poem, “Karl The Genius,” to honor me as their own “House Poet.” The first line of their poem employs the hyphenated capital letters P-P-S-S, followed by the numbers 217, referring to the abbreviated name of the bilingual unit and the specific room that housed the unit at 131 Livingston Street in Brooklyn, New York at Borough Hall. I have embedded within square brackets their composition, employing the format of an extended Japanese style Tanka poem to do so. In this manner, it is my intention to honor them with the same gusto and vigor that they have honored me. more »
Written on March 18, 2022
Submitted by karlcfolkes on March 18, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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