Analysis of African Eyes



We're standing as equal today's white man,
with hungry eyes, computer at hand,
but as I remember the days we had,
when you were keeping the whip in your hand,
the days our people was still your slave,
when you drove them straight to the grave,
I'm filled with anger, I'm filled with pain,
for all their struggle has gone in vain.

I'll show you some day, some day in time,
maybe not me but someone of mine,
that their struggle was not in vain,
someday our tribe will win the game.

We're standing as equal today's white man,
with hungry eyes, computer at hand,
I see how you suffer, I see how you fear,
I can see your eyes are growing a tear,
I know you remember the days we had,
when you were keeping the whip in your hand,
I know you're sensing my day is near,
maybe tomorrow or maybe next year.


Scheme ABcBddee xxex ABfxcBff
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 1101100111 110101011 1110100111 1101001011 0110101111 11111101 111101111 111101101 111111101 10111111 11101101 11011101 1101100111 110101011 11111011111 1111111001 1110100111 1101001011 111101111 100111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 776
Words 155
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 4, 8
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 203
Words per stanza (avg) 52
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Submitted by sifis on September 20, 2019

Modified on March 14, 2023

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