Analysis of 'McAllen Blues'
The invasion upon us
attacked by a neighbor
no village is safe
their scourge overruns
The enemy dressed
as civilian turistas
our border wide open
and freely they come
No shots have been fired
or prisoners taken
the keys to our arsenal
willingly loaned
Our schools now infested
with quotas bespoken
surrounded and cornered
—the fault but our own
(McAllen Texas: September, 2022)
| Scheme | ABXX XACX DCXX XCDX B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0010011 011010 11011 1110 01001 10101 1010110 01011 111110 110010 01110100 1001 1011010 1101 010010 011101 01010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 387 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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