Analysis of When you color me, Color me Black
When you color me, color me black
Bold, beautiful, bountiful and benevolent
When you color me, color me black
Learned, lifted, limitless and loving
When you color me, color me black
Accomplished, anointed, appointed and authorized
When you color me, color me black
Commanding, cultivated compassionate, a champion
When you color me, color me black
A kind kindred spirit knowledgeable, known and knowing who He created me to be
So go ahead color me!
To color me is to see the marvelous, intricate, passionate and purposed way He formed me.
To be in His image, to reflect Him living in me
So color me in shades of the dust of thee earth from which he formed me.
| Scheme | Ax Ax Ax Ax Ab bb bb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011011 110010000100 111011011 110100010 111011011 010010010010 111011011 01010001000100 111011011 0110101000101011010111 1101101 11011110100100100011111 11011010111001 11010110111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 646 |
| Words | 117 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on October 08, 2014
Modified on March 14, 2023
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