Analysis of I am. . .
Fortune Mokgotho 2002 (South Africa)
Bold enough to stand
Tall and rigid
With my roots,
Stretching and reaching the earth's depth.
Unshakable where I stand
Not flinching with the winds,
I promise to forever stand.
Disasters of nature have found me
Yet I still stand.
For I extinguish the wild fire
And floods girgle down my throat
To quench my thirst
As quaking the earth was my cardio.
I am hope-for tomorrow,
The sunrise is vivid in my eyes
And my complexion is the fading night
My sweat, rain drops
In the parched Savannah,
That nourish the land
And give new breaths of life.
I stand before you,
With majestic beauty and strength
That never dwindles or fade
As the soil erodes away.
Picture me, as Ficus benghalensis.
Scheme | AXBX AXA XAXXXC CXXXXAX XXXX B |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (32%) |
Metre | 10111 1010 111 10010011 0100111 110101 11010101 010110111 1111 110100110 011111 1111 1100111100 111101 01110011 0101010101 1111 001010 11001 011111 11011 10101001 1101011 1010101 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 694 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 6, 7, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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