Analysis of Dance to your own tune
Matt Starking 1987 (Africa)
walk your own walk
and talk your own talk
create your own song
and sing along
for there is nothing wrong
play your own drum
and dance to your own tune
for a man who cannot
think for himself
is easily threw to the wind
but a house built on a rock
cannot be easily moved
the foolish man's pride
makes him a greedy person
so he causes treason
but the wise lives
for a reason
the bravery of a man
makes his enemies retreat
so be on your feet
and play your own beat
for after all not every song
is so sweet
| Scheme | AABBBCDEFGHIJKKLKMNNNBN |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 01111 01111 0101 111101 1111 011111 101110 1101 11001101 1011101 1011001 01011 1101010 111010 1011 1010 0100101 1110001 11111 01111 110111001 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 501 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 23 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 397 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Written on October 14, 2008
Submitted by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on June 21, 2022
Modified by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on June 29, 2022
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