Analysis of Venus and Serena



VENUS AND SERENA

TWO WINNING TENNIS STARS,
THEY ARE, THE WILLIAMS SISTERS.
THESE TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUNG WOMEN,
ARE THE WONDERFUL WILLIAMS CHILDREN.
THEIR PARENTS PREPARED THEM WELL,
TO PLAY THE GAMES,
BUT THEY DID NOT DO SO WELL, WHEN CHOOSING THEIR NAMES.
ONE IS REGAL. SHE’S A QUEEN.
SHE IS SO SOFT AND SO SERENE.
DID THEY CALL HER SERENA?
NO, VENUS IS WHAT THEY NAMED HER.
THE OTHER IS A GEORGEOUS GODDESS.
WHY THEY DIDN’T NAME HER VENUS, I CANNOT GUESS.
THIS SUPERSTAR OF THE ARENA,
THEY NAMED HER SWEET SERENA.
REGARDLESS OF THE NAME REVERSAL,
THEIR CLAIM TO TENNIS FAME, IS UNIVERSAL.
SO, SAY SERENA, OR SAY VENUS,
EITHER WAY, YOU SAY TENNIS GENIUS!                                          Nubian-9.7.2022


Scheme A XXBBXCCDDAXEXAAFFEB
Poetic Form Etheree  (20%)
Metre 100010 110101 1101010 111000100110 101001010 1100111 1101 111111111011 1110101 11110101 1110010 11011110 01010110 11110101101 10110010 1101010 010101010 1111011010 110101110 101111010100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 722
Words 139
Sentences 16
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 19
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 263
Words per stanza (avg) 80

About this poem

Based on their personalities, their names should be reversed.

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Written on September 07, 2022

Submitted by wynterec on November 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Earlwyn Wynter (Nubian)

76 years old. Migrated to the US age 21. Word play and rhyming is a hobby. more…

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