Analysis of Ain't That The Blues
She’s familiar,
aint that the blues
Sleeping beside her,
I always knew
Chipped beef on Monday,
Thursday cold stew
Dishes piled high,
paycheck gone through
She’s familiar,
ain’t that the blues
Home from work early,
today around noon
Mattress was creaking,
my pistol I drew
Two shots in my brother,
—four more in the flooze
(Chicago Illinois: Performed with Clinton Mace at Cabrini Green 1985)
| Scheme | AB ac dc xc AB dx xc ab x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 1101 10010 111 11110 111 1011 111 1010 1101 11110 01011 10110 11011 110110 11001 010101110110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 398 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 22, 2017
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on July 15, 2019
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