Analysis of Cajun Flower
I met a girl way down in Lou-zi-an
Who told me that her name was Marianne
A Cajun rose that took me by the hand
And told me that I was her only man
She was a looker and I must confess
She made me nervous in that yellow dress
And all I knew is that I must disguise
The raging passion burning in my eyes
She moved me like nobody else I know
With all her souther comfort, smooth and slow
And when she said she'd always love me so
It made me never wanna let her go
But I was foolish as a younger man
And broke a heart way down in Cajun land
And found a love and wouldn't let it last
And wish I could go back and change the past
If you are ever down in Cajun land
And find somebody like my Marianne
Don't be a fool and ever let her go
But tell her that you'll always love her so
Scheme | AABA CCDD EEEE ABFF BAEE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (40%) Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1101110111 111101101 0101111101 0111110101 1101001101 1111001101 0111111101 0101010011 11111111 1101010101 011111111 1111010101 1111010101 0101110101 0101010111 0111110101 1111010101 01101101 1101010101 110111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 754 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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