Analysis of America
america your blues are congregating on the
coast
and they are starting to sound the same
america there are novels inside you
bigger than you are imagining
america snap out of it
america your representation is out of your hands
it is no question frightening
here see hands on your mirrored shoulders
turning them around to
eyes that have refused to see you
america your mountains are not waiting anymore
america stare me in the face and exault in your creative language and
tell me your story one more time.
america i know it's more than my machine
against their machine
america come on home
| Scheme | XXXAB X XBXAA XXX CCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0100111110 1 011101101 01001110011 101110100 01001111 01001001011111 11110100 111111010 101011 11101111 0100110111001 0100110010101010100 11110111 010011111101 01101 0100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 574 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 1, 5, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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