Analysis of That Blue Rhapsody from Gershwin
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
What does it take to
Imagine a newcomer
Off the boat
And encountering NYC.
Its crazy noise
Of purposes, thrills and panic.
George somehow captured
It all on keyboard.
Where was he positioned?
Squeezed with others?
Did he have to execute
Big chunks of it
Before the sheet music.
How could it be broken down?
Like some butterfly
Pinned to a soft board
When it was intended
Eternally to fly.
Did Brother Ira
Sit in awe
Near its birthing.
Just suggestive explosion.
With joy at the front of the line.
Whites and blacks
Fitfully at play.
Love does not forget a note.
Does not fail in stamina.
From entrance of one happy
Any listener, language
| Scheme | X X A B X B X C X X X X B X D C X D E X B X X X X A E X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 010010 101 001001 1101 11001010 1110 1111 111010 1110 111110 1111 010110 1111101 1110 11011 111010 010011 11010 101 1110 1010010 11101101 101 10011 1110101 1110100 1101110 1010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 838 |
| Words | 194 |
| Sentences | 23 |
| Stanzas | 29 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 29 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 17 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
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Written on January 03, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 03, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on January 09, 2023
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