Analysis of Grandpa Elliott (tonic of music)
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
Red shirt and suspenders
One eye most gone
Harp playing everywhere
Bluesy the song.
Pain in the memories
Some fun times too.
Seeing the transport
Music can do.
Sheet music missing
Family tunes held
Different each playing
Still all is well.
Folks love his rendering.
Folks sing along.
Here new agreement
Healing, his song.
| Scheme | X X X A X B X B C X C X C A X A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110010 1111 11010 1001 100100 1111 10001 1011 11010 10011 100110 1111 111100 1101 11010 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 336 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 16 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 16 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 3 |
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Written on December 04, 2022
Submitted by dougb.72572 on December 04, 2022
Modified by dougb.72572 on December 04, 2022
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