Analysis of Black Lives Matter
Kelvin Price 1990 (NY)
Black lives matter, we declare
With hearts full of hope and prayer
For every soul that's been oppressed
And every dream that's been suppressed
We stand against the hate and fear
That's been perpetuated year after year
And we rise up with a mighty voice
To proclaim that every life has choice
No longer will we turn a blind eye
To the pain and suffering that make us cry
For we know that justice must be done
And we won't stop until the battle's won
So let our voices echo loud and clear
For every life that's been lost, we shed a tear
But we stand in solidarity, hand in hand
To create a world where all can understand
That black lives matter, and always will
And we'll keep marching forward until
The day when all are truly free
To live, to love, and to just be.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF CAGG HHII |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1110101 1111101 110011101 010011101 11010101 1101001101 011110101 1011100111 110111011 10101001111 111110111 0111010101 11101010101 110011111101 11100100101 1010111101 11110011 011101001 01111101 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 767 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Written on March 23, 2023
Submitted by kelvinlprice on March 23, 2023
Modified on April 11, 2023
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