Analysis of Yes You Can
Ramon N. Crenshaw 1955 (North Carolina)
Just because they say you can't,
Doesn't mean you can't.
Yes you can.
Just because they say it hasn't,
Doesn't mean you can't.
Yes you can.
Just because they say you won't,
Doesn't mean you don't,
Yes you can.
They say you can't because they couldn't.
They say you won't because they didn't.
They say you shouldn't because they wouldn't.
Just because they say you can't,
Doesn't mean you can't.
Yes You Can.
| Scheme | AABcABddBcccAAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
| Metre | 1011111 10111 111 10111110 10111 111 1011111 10111 111 111101110 111101110 1111001110 1011111 10111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 393 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 302 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
About this poem
this poem is designed to encourage, inspire and uplift
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Written on August 03, 2021
Submitted by rockafellor11 on August 04, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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