Analysis of Oh Mister Trumpet
J. Michael Welborn 1970 (Alabama)
Oh, Mister Trumpet
How do the birds fly
And the trumpets reply
Was “Oh me, oh my”
First a C, Then a D
An F, A B
He says to me
“Now you see?”
Oh, mister Trumpet
What is a Mystery?
He replies with great glee
“Now listen to me”
Think high,
Think low
And your notes
Will follow
Think fast
Think slow
And away
You’ll go
The music you make
Is like the cake you bake
Start with your basic desire
And then go higher, and higher
| Scheme | Abbb cccc Accc bdxd xdxd eeff |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 11010 11011 001001 11111 101101 1101 1111 111 11010 110100 101111 11011 11 11 011 110 11 11 001 11 01011 110111 11110010 01110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 445 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Written on August 20, 1991
Submitted by mike.welborn on December 22, 2022
Modified by mike.welborn on December 23, 2022
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