Analysis of Who am I?
Who am I
what am I
We talk of unity, the spirit of Ubuntu yet I am a foreigner because I am light
I am an outcast because of the texture of my hair
I am called boss because my skin colour is light
I am labled coloured
Taunted by names like curry muncher
Leaders, poets, musicians speak of African culture and diversity
Why is Africa defined as black?
The soil that my feet first touched was African
The air that filled my lungs with my first breath was African
My heart beats in rhythm to the sound of isgubhu
The smell of rainfall on an African plain is euphoric to me
The satisfied feeling after a dish of sadza, nyama ne ma veg is second to none
Africa lives within me
Africa is me
I am African!
Sam-Li
26/11/2019
23:50pm
| Scheme | AA BCB XCDX EE XDEDD E DXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 111 111 11110001011111010001111 1111011010111 11110111111 11110 10111101 1010010111001000100 111000111 01111111100 01111111111100 11101010111 0111111001101011 01010100111111111011 1001011 10011 11100 11 1 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 713 |
| Words | 142 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 4, 2, 5, 1, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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